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SRM changes Hardware ID and Hardware Serial Number?
Hello,After a failover to recovery data center will my Windows Server 2016 VMs Hardware ID and Serial Number change? We have software that is bound to the HW ID and need to verify. Example below from a...
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VMware SRM with Pure Storage Array Replication(Source Site FC Protocol &...
Hi,I am looking to implement SRM using Pure storage array replication. However, I have doubt about the different protocols used to access storage at Source and Target Site. In my scenario, I have...
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SRM 8.2 showing the wrong protected site in plan
I just pulled out our existing srm install after upgrading vcenter to 6.7 and did a new install of 8.2. Everything is fine except for the ip customization is backwards, it should show the protected...
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Failover and failback not running, with error "cannot create storage profile...
I'm setting up a new environment running on vmware vvols. I'm now setting up the replication and srm, but when testing my replicated VMs, i get the error: cannot create storage profile "profile name"....
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SRM 8.2 - Manual IP Customization failed
Hi, I have a problem with manual IP Customization during recovery process. I get the error with :Cannot complete customization, possibly due to a scripting runtime error or invalid script parameters...
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SRM 8.1 - can HA dedicated failover host be used for placeholder?
Hi, my question is can I store my SRM placeholder on the recovery site on a host that is also a dedicated failover host for HA Cluster in that recovery site?Site A we have a dedicated failover host for...
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SRM 8.2.0.2 (Appliance) Failing Test Plan - Guest operation authentication...
When attempting to do a failover test with SRM 8.2.0.2, I'm getting the error "Guest operation authentication failed for operation Create Temporary Directory." on all 40ish VMs. - We're aware of the...
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Recovery Test Failed w/ Pure Storage
Hi all,Anyone ever known this issue. I tried to recovery test VM from protected site to recovery site, but got this error "failed to create snapshot and Invalid time value (attached).I also have tried...
View ArticleSRM 8.3 and vSphere HA - Recovery is stuck at "Delete file"
Hello,I'm using SRM 8.3 with Stretched Storage from PureStorage (ActiveCluster) and vSphere HA Enabled on both sides but I encountered a problem, When I try to Recover VMs with vMotion Recovery enabled...
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I need to remove vm from protection Group in Site Recovery Manager
Hello Guys, I have a problem with site recovery manager i have srm replicate with the HPE 3Par Storage i need to when i assign the lun i show all the vm in the lun i need to choose the vm to Run the...
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VMware SRM 8.2.x version Required
Hi,I am looking for VMware SRM 8.2.x for testing purpose. I cannot download this version as VMware Downloads has only latest 8.3 version available for trial.Can someone please help me in getting the...
View ArticleVMware SRM 8.3 Trial version showing License Expired
Hi,I just downloaded the trial version of SRM 8.3 and deployed OVF template. However, while powering on the machine I getting below error "License key has expired. Please install a valid license to use...
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SRM Name Resolution Error - Unable to connect to SRM
Hi, After logging on SRM page on both sites, I am getting below error. I have tested all name resolutions possible but no avail. Kindly suggest. Unable to connect to Site Recovery Manager Server at...
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GUID update on placeholder
So forgive my lack of knowledge on this matter but im trying to narrow down my direction so I can better address my concern. So we use a backup software xyz, have a vmware environment SITE A PROD and...
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VMware SRM 8.1.2 embedded installation failure. Error "installation...
VMware SRM 8.1.2 embedded installation failure. Error "installation interrupted." Attached the installation logs. We have uninstalled SRM & the embedded database however, while installing it again...
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SRM Recovery Plan Failing RHEL6 - VMtools issue?
SRM Version 8.2.0, Build 14761905RHEL 6.0 Recovery job is failing and unfortunately VMware support has not provided a solution. VMtools 10.3.21 running on guest. Confirmed that VGAuthService is...
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Recovery Plans: Command: SRM script
Hi, I have a question about the action "Command: SRM script" when executing a Recovery Plan.We have both Windows SRM servers and Linux SRM servers, SRA reasons that are only compatible with Linux and...
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Site Recovery Manager 8.2.0 with NetApp ONTAP 9.7
Hello all,I want to use SRM 8.2 (on NFS) with NetApp ONTAP 9.7. According to NetApp, Using SRM 8.2 with Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) 9.7, is a valid...
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SRM Fail-over
Hello Folks, We have two Sites, Protected and Recovery, our production VMs continuously syncing on, the question here I have turned off the protection site vCenter and try to run a test recovery plan,...
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SRM Installation Error - Time Skew is too large
hello, am trying to install SRM 8.3.2 (exe file) in my environment (details below) . Running into the below error . Error - The time skew between Site Recovery manager host and vCenter Server is too...
View ArticleSRM-Recovery Plans Export/Import - 8.1.2
Hi All, Looking to migrate from one instance of SRM to another. i.e. vCenter 6.0 to new vCenter 6.7. Trying to understand if there is a way that can we export the SRM configuration from vCenter 6.0 and...
View ArticleDeploy SRM Appliance using OVFTool
I've seen some articles and documentation on how to deploy the Site Recovery Manager appliance using the ovftool, but they've been very basic. I was hoping there was a way to customize the deployment...
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SRM Re-protection
We have 40 VMs on our protected site, we are planning to fail-over all of them to DR site in a planned maintenance window. The question is we'd like to re-protect them and fail back to our PR site....
View ArticleMultiple NICs / Multiple Default Gateways
I have a few VMs that have dual NICs (say NIC1 and NIC2). Initially, in Windows, I'm only assigning a default gateway to NIC1. In my IP Customizations (under Network Mapping) I have it setup to NOT...
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DR Test Strategy Question
My boss has indicated that he wants to run a full DR test. He has also indicated that while he wants all production servers brought up in the recovery site, none of the changes made during testing will...
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SRM 5.0- repair installation failed with error.
Hi All, While repairing SRM 5.0, I am getting below error msg. Error in SRM LOGS:
View ArticleStorage policies (array-based replication) Protection Group - license required
Hello! For context we currently have SRM standard licenses. When attempting to create a protection group of type 'Storage policies (array-based replication)' the operation fails with the error message...
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SRM -8.x(Appliance version - DNS Auto Update Queries in recovery Plan
Hi Team, I have to perform the recovery of the protected VM using vsphere replication. We would like to know the procedure and the script to auto update the DNS post recovery in DR site for both...
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Can I use SRM array-based replication between different hardware vendors?
Hi All I am in the process of considering migration strategies for a client between a vBlock SAN and a Cisco Hyperflex cluster. There are a number of options available, one of which is to use SRM which...
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No storage replication adapters installed.
Hi, i had setup an environment with evaluation licenses. vSphere 6.7 with SRM 8.2. A few weeks later, i added licenses and wanted to continue testing SRM, but it gave an error on the Storage...
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Can VM participate in more than one Recovery plan
Hello, Can a single VM be a part of two or more recovery plans? For example i want a VM to be in a recovery plan that is for one platform and at the same time be a part of a recovery plan that is for...
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unprotecting the VM from SRM and adding the VM to protection group
Hi All, We have a requirement for migrating the VM and host from old vCenter which is un unsupported version currently to newer vCenter 6.7. It's taking the manual effort for removing the VM's from the...
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SRM 8.3 - VAMI login error
Hi All, I deployed a brand new VMware SRM 8.3 appliance and after some hours I can not login by VAMI and get this error message: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect token, user name, or password....
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SRM 8.2 virtual appliance wont take certificate.
vmware support was troubleshooting a vsphere replication issue and on my SRM HQ site they changed the virtual appliance to have a self signed certificate. Now vcenter doesn't trust SRM and there are...
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SRM page shows internal error message.
Hi, all. I'm using SRM 8.2 and configuration was completely finished. However, often when I log in to web UI, SRM page can't load information with below error messages. 1. site recovery manager...
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SRM 8.3.1 - Auto-Enable new disks - Disabled
On-premVMware ESXi 6.7 Update 3 GA build 14320388VMware ESXi 6.7 Express Patch 13 GA build 15018017SRM/VR : 8.3.0 VMCSRM/VR: 8.3.1 How to enable "Auto-replicate new disks"? Is this feature...
View ArticleSite Recovery Manager across ESXI Versions
Hi guys, please lend me a hand. This is my sad history I have two sites, Production and Remote. Each site have esxi hosts (6.0), one vcenter per site (6.0), one site recovery manager per site (8.2.0)....
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Vmware Site Recovery Manager 8.x with Netapp Ontap 9.7 integration
Hi All, As I have request from my client about technical proposals for "Vmware Site Recovery Manager 8.x with Netapp Ontap 9.7 integration". So is there any documents or presentation that I can use for...
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Backup VM replicated with vSphere Replication/SRM
Hi, I have an environment where I use vSphere Replication / SRM to replicate VMs from host A to host B. I want to back up the VMs that are on my host B. Can I do agentless backup using a backup...
View ArticleSRM array based Multi site Configuration with array pair recoverpoint sra
Hello,I need help for configuring my environnement.I have on my protected site 3 Array unity with 3 recoverpoint appliance, replicated volums on the secondary site with recovepoint and one vnx 5800.I...
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Upgrade 6.0 to 6.5, various incompatibilities
Present versions: ESXi is 6.0 U3 (build 7967664); vCenter is 6.0 Update 1b (build 3339083); SRM is 6.1.0.11034. Obviously, I need to update, but I'm confused by something on the product...
View ArticleSRM+vSphere Replication+Reprotect Process
Hello This is the scenario, vSphere Replication to replicate VMs from site A to B, VMs protected with SRMWhen a recovery plan is executed, VMs are switched over and then we can reprotect the VMs to...
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Operation Failed Timed out waiting for VMware Tools after 300 seconds - SRM 8.2
Hey guys Haven't touched SRM for a long time and having first look at SRM 8.2Can someone tell me how I can set the VMware tools timeout on a global scale?Pretty sure this was possible in the earlier...
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Duplicate IP Address
Hi All, I have an odd issue with my SRM virtual appliance v8.3.1. It's been running for a month already without any issues when suddenly it lost network connectivity. I did spend a lot of time...
View ArticleSRM+vSphere Replication+Reprotect takes long time
Hello This is the scenario, vSphere Replication to replicate VMs from site A to B, VMs protected with SRM and one VM is bigWhen a recovery plan is executed site B becomes the protected site, then we...
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SRM and GPUs
Hi,is it possible to protect using SRM, VMs that are using a Nvidia M60 GPU ?
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SRM 8.2 - PSC HA VIP on VVD is supported?
Hello folks, My doubt is quite simple, does SRM 8.2 supports to point to a VIP that Load balances two PSC in vSphere 6.7? Or is it needed to point to an specific PSC? I know this was not supported in...
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Deleting a Replication in SRM
Hello Everyone, this might be a simple one I could not find the answer. To migrate a VM to a new datacenter, I had Two vCenters Replicating a VM from Site 1 to Site 2 using SRM.I used SRM to recover...
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Active Directory Certificate Services and VMware Site Recovery Manager
Does anyone have any experience with using VMware's SRM to failover an Enterprise CA to a new VMware host at a different site for the purposes of disaster recovery? A customer I am working with is...
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can the SRM support the VCenter HA
Dear Experts, when the SRM is intergated with the active vcenter server nodes? What will occur when the vCenter HA fail over to the standby nodes? Does it need to reconfigure?
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