Test failover fails with Error
HelloI configured SRM and performed Test failover. But it failed with following errorError - Failed to create snapshots of replica devices. Failed to create snapshot of replica device 300. SRA command...
View ArticleUpgrade SRM 5.8 to 6.5 in a Side-by-Side Migration. Coexistence?
Hi all, I have a client that wishes to upgrade their vSphere platform from 5.5 to 6.5 via a side-by-side migration. To ensure as little production downtime as possible, ESXi 5.5 hosts will be...
View ArticleSRM specifies the recovery options
Is it possible to not replicate recent changes during starting recovery plan from PowerCLI? As per documentation in VMware SRM API v6.5 there is optional parameter...
View ArticleProtecting MSCS Virtual Machines
I am wondering if anyone has tried to configure SRM protection on MSCS VMs. Below links suggests following contents:...
View ArticleSRM Api 6.5 Start() Srm plan Issue RecoveryOptions
SRM 6.5 api , issue with @version5 @optional RecoveryOptions options. When connected to SRM Api, and trying to start SRM Recovery plan, ive got an error stating that the 3rd option is not converted...
View ArticleSRM restart order and protection groups
I have a number of VMs with different relationships and startup order needs. What dictates whether I need to put them in different protection groups, or put them in the same protection group but just...
View ArticleSRM Protection groups and datastores
Can I have an SRM protection group that spans multiple datastores?
View ArticleHow to DR MS SQL Cluster with Physical RDM
Hello, I need to DR my MS SQL server on a Cloud provider... But the physical RDM on the MS SQL seem to be a show stopper So my question is, How to DR MS SQL Cluster with Physical RDM without san...
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Protection Groups and Storage vMotion
I'm using array based replication and need to balance some datastores. As I move virtual machines to different datastores, how do I minimize the work to keep the VMs in their current protection...
View ArticleBest practice for testing DR using SRM and bringing AD Domain Controllers up...
I hope someone can help with this.... 12 months ago we had consultants in to help configure SRM and automate failover into DR if/when required. My question relates to testing DR and how domain...
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SRM Stencils
Can someone refer me to some visio stencils for protection groups and recovery plans? I see some sites with SRM stencils in general but none of them include something for protection groups or recovery...
View ArticleSupported array topology
Hello, I've seen many documents talking about supported SRM topologies, but all from the perspective of SRM, but my question is about the ABR topology that SRM supports. Let me explain an scenario:...
View Articlesrm lab
I have vcenter 6.5 and two esxi hosts ( v6.5 ) . I want to learn srm install and configuraiton. is it possible that I can install with my vmware infrastructure ?
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Obtaining datastore information from within a SRA Plugin
Any suggestions for how to obtain datastore information from within a SRA plugin?We looked at the SRM API but it does appear to give us the information about the device that makes up the datastore such...
View ArticleSRM test failover with vReplication and continued replication
Hi Folks, I just need to get a confirmation on what I am seeing during a test SRM failover. The replication of the protected VMs continues but it looks like the delta's do not get injected to the...
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Protection Group error with Netapp Ontap 9, SRM 6.1.1 and SRA 4
I have setup two one node ONTAP clusters with a replicating snapmirror relationship between the protected site's NFS volume and recovery site.SRM is installed with the SRA server and SRA adapter on...
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Help - Create Protection Group
Hi Guy, I want to create protection group but error as a picture. So i support this case. Thanks !
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SRM plan detail per VM
I would like to create PowerShell script which will create CSV file with all details per VM (IP settings, Priority group, VM dependencies …). Is it possible to retrieve all details from SRM recovery...
View Articlevmware srm postgresql access
Is it possible to access VMware SRM PostgreSQL database outside of SRM server? Database started and bind to IP address “127.0.0.1”. I’ve created DATA folder and put there “postgresql.conf” with...
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