Recovery Plans
Hello, I'm working with SRM 5.1 using array based replication. I have a question concerning recovery plans. We have a very basic setup. We have a single datastore that is being replicated to our...
View ArticleSRA Requirement for Multiple Storage/Site
Hello! Can one SRA manage multiple storage of the same type?
View ArticleIP Address Ping Check after Failover
Hi, We like the automation capabilities that SRM gives us for DR and it works really well but we would like to try and perform some form of ping test on each of the recovered virtual machines and email...
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Relocate DC using SRM?
Hi Folks, Currently, my company has 2 datacenters. One in NY and one in MA. A decision has been made to close the MA data center and I have been tasked with getting the virtual environment moved over...
View ArticleVM NICs disconnected after failover
Hi, We've performed a couple of failover tests recently using SRM but noticed that a number of the virtual machines power up but have their network cards disconnected. This appears to be random,...
View Articleunable to migrate SRM server to different datastore
Our SRM server is a VM. I need to move the SRM VM to a different datastore, but when I do a migrate, it lets me pick the datastore, but then I get an error"this method disabled by 'moref=vm-186" Do I...
View ArticleRecover vm with two different sra's?
Using vsphere & srm 5.0.1 Would it be possible to protect/recover a virtual server using two different sra’s? Scenario would be the OS on a vmfs data store would be protected using IBM SVC SRA....
View ArticleBest practices regarding replication of protected site vsphere database to...
All, The question at hand is do we failover a production sql server that requires protection through SRM 5.1, but houses the current protected site vsphere database. Will we have issues if the sql...
View ArticleSRM Recovery Between 2 different processor family's
I am trying to find out if it's ok to run SRM between 2 different processor family's and different EVC settings between the clusters. I believe that the systems would potentially require an extra...
View ArticleTried to set up swap disk for cluster (to reduce data being replicated for...
In an attempt to cut down on amount of data that is being replicated via NetApp snapmirror, I configured the cluster to use a separate swap disk. Then I rebooted one of the vms. But I don't know how to...
View ArticleExam for Vmware SRM
i want to know whether there is an exam for VMware site recovery manager? Something like VCP-DV, VCP-DT etc...and also please tell me the exam code and the exam fee....
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SRM & VSPHERE REPLICATION REGISTRATION
Hello all .Help is needed.I have the following environment: Vcenter 5.1.0.Build 947673 vi client 5.1.0 Build 941893 esxi 5.1.0 Build 799733 & SRM 5.1.1 Build 1082082.After deploying VR...
View ArticleRPO Violated by 1 minute - GetCurrentRpoViolation log entry
Hi, We are running SRM 5.0.1 which is successfully replicating data to our DR site across a 1Gbps link. Recovery plans work fine and connectivity between the sites is stable, yet we seem to be getting...
View ArticleHow to avoid re-install of SRM?
Folks,Those who have done SRM know can occasionally "break" in unpleasant ways. Sometimes it's a simple cleanup but sometimes SRM breaks in ways that force a complete reinstall (ugh!) which is why I'll...
View ArticleExtending Disks on Source
If I extend a disk on the source VM those changes are replicated to the recovery side correct? I don't have to reconfigure protection or anything?
View ArticleSite pairing failed in SRM 5.1
Hi, I have installed Vcenter 5.1 and SRM 5.1 in two Virtual Machines in my Test environment. When I try to pair site using " Configure Connection " button it prompts for Vcenter Server address and then...
View ArticleSeeding remote site
Hi all I'm setting up SRM with vSphere Replication at the moment. I don't want to do the initial replication over the network so I plan to copy all the VMs to a USB drive, take it to the remote site,...
View ArticlevSphere Replication - Configuration in Progress...
Hi all I'm running SRM and vSphere Replicationon 5.0. We have about 45 VMs replicating happily using it. The other day I wanted to adjust the RPO of a test/UAT server up to 24 hours as we're really...
View ArticlevSphere replication in SRM 5.1
I know that vsphere replicaion support reprotect and failback in SRM 5.1. In our environment, I am using vcenter 5 u1 to manage several esxi 5.0 u1 hosts. I am planning to deploy SRM. Thinking which...
View Articleunable to migrate SRM server to different datastore
Our SRM server is a VM. I need to move the SRM VM to a different datastore, but when I do a migrate, it lets me pick the datastore, but then I get an error"this method disabled by 'moref=vm-186" Do I...
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