Mechanism to check data consistency in vsphere replication
Is there any mechanism to check the data that is replicated in recovery site is consistent or not? It does change block tracking evey time (Subsequent Replications) by using block by block comparison...
View ArticleSRM and PSC
Now in version 6 i have observed SRM is integrated with PSC not vCenter. My question is If multiple vCenter Servers are connected with the PSC, then will SRM be integrated wth both the vCenters?
View ArticleVM protection that is the part of multiple consistency group
if a vm is using multiple consistency group, can it be protected with srm?
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No SRM icon in vSphere Web Client
As in case of shared recovery site, multiple srm servers can be linked with same vcenter by using the custom plugin ID. I did this installation successfully, but after this in web client srm icon...
View Articlesrm install with different vcenter
i have vcenter 6 and vcenter 5.5 . is it possible to install srm and configuration for 2 different site A site has vcenter 5.5 u1B site has vcenter 6
View ArticleSRM - preserving IP address when failing over VM
Hello I have a query in relation to the SRM failover. We have an appliance which has the IP address of the VM hard coded, This appliance exist in both Site A (10.3.20.0/24) and Site B (10.2.20.0/24),...
View ArticleDelete protection groups
Hello I ran in to a issue with protection groups. I set up srm for two vm's. Fail over was success. But it failed to re-protect. Reason, there were corrupt replays on storage arrays. So reverse...
View ArticleNeed to regularly reconfigure pairing - by design?
SRM 6.1.1 build 38846202 SRM sites deployed/paired.vCenter 6.0 U2, build 3634794Single SSO domain, single SSO logical site.External PSC deployment model.Everything working fine, install went fine, but...
View ArticleFailback with different recovery options than Failover
Hi. I have recovery plans that during failover will run a script to shutdown vm's in Protected datacentre, that are outside the protection of SRM (i.e. vm's that are not protected due to specific...
View ArticleProtection group not configured with Replicated RDM
I am trying to configure protection group having multiple volumes and VM's, one of those VM's have Raw Disk (RDM) attached to it, all VM's are configured properly for protection except the VM that is...
View ArticleReprotect fails with error
Hi, I'm setting up SRM and did a successful planned migration to the recovery site. Now I want to do a reprotect and do a recovery in the opposite direction.The reprotect fails with the following...
View ArticlePlan Recovery Issue
Hello, With reference to my previous post ;https://communities.vmware.com/message/2556721#2556721the Test Recovery went successfully but Plan Recovery generating some issues. The Recovery plan is...
View ArticleConfiguring different IP addresses for test as opposed to a recovery
Hi, First of all many thanks to all those that contribute to this community, this is my first post here..I have SRM configured with a test network which is different to the recovery network (required...
View ArticleUnable to Protect RDM LUN
Hello I have a vm with two hard disks. When I tried to protect this vm on SRM, I see configuration error Hard disk 2: NOT REPLICATED. But I replicated it and also did re-scan on SRM. Even I can see it...
View ArticleSRM Reprotect is getting failed after recover to DR site
Dear All, I have a Vmware SRM LAB setup with SRM 5.1 and netapp Simulator 8.1.2. The setup is Implemented successfully and working fine. I tested and do the recovery to the DR site. Recovery works...
View ArticlePlanned Migration
Does storage snapshot still needed during planned migration?Or SRM will use the underlying SAN storage technology to accomplish this? SAN storage is being used is EMC VMAX and feature that being used...
View ArticlePowerCLI Roles / permissions SRM
Hey Guys, Any idea if you can add permissions to SRM sites via powercli? the SRM API's dont show any permissions. As of right now our environment isnt in ELM and i had to create a script that would...
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Target VM Location vs Taget File location
HiWhat is the different between Target VM Location vs Taget File location both ?
View ArticleFailback without bringing back changes
Hi. I know the standard workflow of a failover/failback: - Failover to Recovery Site- Reprotect (reverse replication to original Protected Site)- Failback (to original Protected Site)- Reprotect...
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