Design questions for vCenter 5.1, SSO and SRM
Currently running vcenter 5.0 U1 at primary and recovery sites. These vcenter servers are currently in linked mode. In researching the upgrade to 5.1, I see a requirement that all vcenter servers in a...
View ArticleSRM Install with Multiple VCs at Site
Question on SRM (5.1) install with multiple vCenters at site. I cant find a clear answer on this. This is a classic Protected/Recovery DR design. Two datacenters, Prime and "DR". Question has to do...
View ArticleDR-IP-Customizer on Shared SRM Instance
Getting an error when executing the DR-IP-CUSTOMIZER on the target vCenter server: error: unable to locate the srm extention on the vmware vcenter Has anyone successfully run the tool with a shared...
View ArticleDifferent versions of SRM at sites
SRM 5.02 is installed at our Production site and our DR site. I just got through upgrading the Vcenter server at our DR site to 5.1. I need to upgrade SRM as 5.02 isn't compatible with Vcenter 5.1.I...
View ArticleFailover Recovery Plan stuck
Hi all! We our now in test phase for our SRM setup. I created a protected group with 3 servers and then click on recovery to do a test. It seemed like it recovered fine, but now when I try to do a...
View ArticleSRM failover - customize IP (srm5.0.2)
All, I have been testing failovers before it goes into production. I have been having issues with the customization of the IPs.We have linux VMs I noticed that the default value for cusomization is 600...
View ArticleSRM 5.1.1 with Windows 2012
I am installing SRM 5.1.1 on Windows 2012.UAC is off, I am a local Administrator and I still run the .exe as Administrator.I get through the install wizard and right at the end, I get the Error Message...
View ArticleNew vCenter Server
Pretty sure the answer is going to be recreate protection groups and recovery plans but will ask anyways. We are moving to a new install of vCenter and will be pointing the current SRM environment over...
View ArticleMSCS - Microsoft NLB cluster
Hi,We have 4 node NLB cluster in Production site and we are planning protect it with SRM 5.1.1.SRM 5.1.1 supports 2 Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) nodes. vSphere 5.1.x supports up to 5 MSCS nodes....
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SRM 5.1.1 strange behavior
Hi all, I installed a DR infrastructure as follow : protected site:1 VM vCenter 5.1 with SQL Express 2008 R2 SP1HP SRA on the vCenter server for EVA storage1 VM SRM 5.1.1 with SQL Express 2008 R2 SP1...
View ArticleClarification SRM permissions
Hi I am having a go at installing SRM. I have added the required SRM roles to the permissions tab under the site recovery plugin for both protected and recovery sign.There is also an administrator role...
View ArticleSRM5.1 / Storwize V7000 6.4.1.4 Command not supported : [discoverArrays]
Hi All Production Site:IBM Storwize V7000 and FW level: 6.4.1.4SRM ver: VMware-srm-5.1.1-1082082SRA : IBMSVCSRA_v2.2.0.130422IP: 192.168.70.50vCenter 5.1 U1 DR Site:IBM Storwize V7000 and FW level:...
View ArticleSRM 5.1-941848/NetApp RDMs - Always getting errors
This is a bit frustrating. Since day 1 of deployment, SRM has NEVER been consistent in behavior. The Engineer that originally deployed the install stated that in his experience it's just not something...
View Articleconcurrent recoveries
Hi, From the VMware KB: Operational Limits for SRM 5.1 and vSphere Replication 5.1 we found that there are some limitation from the SRM Can anyone tell me, what is the meaning of "Concurrent...
View ArticleVMware SRM Reprotect Fails with Peer array ID provided in the SRM input is...
I have the following setup Site-AVMware vCenter 5.1 U1VMware SRM 5.1.1NetApp SRA 2.0.1P2FAS3140C - Data ONTAP 8.1.2P4 Site-BVMware vCenter 5.1 U1VMware SRM 5.1.1NetApp SRA 2.0.1P2FAS3140C - Data ONTAP...
View ArticleSRM and NLB
Can anyone tell me that SRM 5.1 support the IP Injection of Microsoft NLB. Because I am the issue while injecting multiple ip's on single NIC. Primary SitevCenter 5.0SRM 5.1.1EXSi 4.1 DR SitevCenter...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 configuration
Hi all, I am currently trying to upgrade my SRM 4.1 environment to SRM 5.1. My question is the following. Can SRM 5.1 work on a mix environment? I was able to work with a mix environment of ESX 3.5 and...
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SRM 5.1/V7000 with SRA 2.1.0.x fails during 'testFailover'.
Current scenario:SRM and vCenter versions 5.1 (in both sites)ESXi versions 5.1 (all hosts)Storage: IBM Storwize V7000 with 7.1.0.1 code level (both sites)SRA Configuration: 'non pre-configured'...
View ArticleUnable to add array manager.....Timed out (300 seconds) while waiting for SRA...
Hi, For my product qualification with vSRM, I have installed, 1. VMware-srm-5.1.1-1082082.exe on two servers2. vCenter Server from VMware-VIMSetup-all-5.1.0-880471.iso (on two servers)3. Two ESXi...
View ArticleDR Solutions
Hi,What are the DR & Back up solutions available with VMWARE for critical servers and how will it work . Regards,Ragesh
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