Concerning data center failover with SRM
Hello, Im trying to figure out a way to failover with SRM without changing network settings of the virtual machines.Lets say there are two data centers both have a single ISP connection (bgp...
View ArticleSRM and Customize IP
All, We have strange issue with SRM 5.1.1. When test recovery plan is executed.All steps works fine but Customize IP hangs at 0 % and after 10 min it times out with error "Timed out waiting for...
View ArticleDatabase Requirements for Bidirectional Replication
Hi all, I have two sites - Site A and Site B - for which we want to have bidirectional replication of VMs. I have two vCenter infrastructures deployed - one in site A that only manages VMware...
View ArticleSRM Query
I would like to know if it is possible to move a VM Template from one data center to another using SRM (VSphere 5.1)
View ArticlevCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1 installation ??
Today,the problemsencounteredareinstalledsrm5.1, but please masterreplied:ms databaseinstalled usingwindowsauthentication, srm service anddatabaseon the samevirtualmachine,of course, alsouse...
View ArticleSRM 5.0 Powershell Scripts to Reduce Guest Resources on Failover
Hi. Looking for some advise/guidance. We have an active/active datacentre environment. In the event of a full DR our customers (all internal) are fully aware that their application servers will run...
View ArticleSRM 5.0 license capacity exceeded
I have one way DR and two linked mode vcenters. My assigned srm vm's number at 318 while I am licensed for 250 vm's. In a recovery scenario would I not be able to recover all 318 vm's at this point?...
View ArticleSRM Hardware and requirements
Hi, I have a new setup ,esxi 5.x with 30 VMs in primary site and 25 vms in secondary site .we use hitachi async replication and planning for SRM . Do we need seperate license for SRM I have one vcentre...
View ArticleUse SRM with Veeam for replication
Anybody using Veeam to replicate data from a Prod site to a DR site, then also using SRM to create recovery groups and perform planned migrations? Is that even possible?
View ArticleSwap file VMFS best practices for large cluster?
I understand the benefits of using a VM swapfile datastore for VMs that will be replicated. However, if I have a large cluster (500+ VMs), is it OK to have all vSphere hosts in the cluster use the...
View ArticleSRM and SDRS - initial placement only
Hi all, I am well aware that SRM does not support SDRS as it makes use of svmotion. I was wondering if any of you actually use SRM and datastore clusters but only enable initial placement on the...
View Articleaccess to SRM statistics
I've been tasked with constructing a dashboard to show that SRM is 'working', in a semi-realtime way, in addition to alerting when something goes wrong. I know that there are alerting capabilities for...
View ArticlevCenter Site Recovery Manager Certification?
Hi, i was wondering if the Site Recovery Manager is part of VCP-Cloud or VCP5-DCV or any other Certification?I Have found here the SRM Training Resources but no information regarding Exam Blueprints....
View ArticleSRM Failover Failed with RecoveryPoint
Hi Folks, we have setup SRM with RecoveryPoint array. We had no issues with any configuration. But when we validated failover we get the following error at recovery steps. Error - Failed to sync data...
View ArticleNetapp SRA 2.01 Network Firewall Ports
Our network guru's have decided to put firewalls around everything they can find, and now our NetApp SRA plug-in can no longer talk to the NetApp controllers. Can someone please point me in the right...
View ArticleTest - DR setup
Hi,We want to test our existing Site Recovery Manager setup. In short we want to test if everything works if some diaster happens. We have thought of following these steps. Please suggest if these...
View ArticleVsphere replication error : Failed to start offline syncronization
I'm trying to recover a VM use options : Recover with recent changes, but i have an error“failed to start offline synchronization”.I'm use VR 5.1.1 for both Vcenter.Can someone help me please ?
View ArticleSRM in a cluster with active VM's
Can I have SRM set up so that the standby/DR VM's are in a cluster that has active virtual machines in it? My DR site is another building 35 miles away that has active servers. Do I need to have a...
View ArticlePost Power On Script Question
In my vSphere 5 U2 environment I am running SRM 5.02 with SAN replication.My question is about post power on scripting. Since my VM's have to have their IP Addresses changed, I find that I need to...
View ArticleUninstalled SRM. vCenter Service Status displaying VR Management Error
Hi,I was trialing SRM and have uninstalled it.I uninstalled SRM and also deleted the replication appliance I deployed from it.Now there is an alert in vCenter Service Status that VR Management is...
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