dr recovery & recovery test plan
hello all1) Is it possible to run a recovery test plan on the dr site ,while the connection to the primary site is broken?2) What is the safest method to initiate a disaster recovery but with the...
View ArticleSRM and storage replication
Hi, We have HP 3Par storage and some of the LUNs are configured replication (storage base replication). recently i have installed SRM successfully on both sites (Main-DC and DR-site). the problem is...
View ArticleEMC RecoverPoint Storage Replication Adapter Version 2.1
Hi everyone, I'm having issues with this SRA version 2.1! The installation went just fine on both sites. Pairing and mapping is functional between two VCenters. I have VCenter 5.1, SRM 5.1 running...
View ArticleProtecting SQL Servers using SRM
Hello All, I would like to know your thoughts around protecting SQL Server VM's using SRM. Is this something that is supported and is anyone actually doing this?I understand that SRM will successfully...
View ArticleSRM Protected LUNs and RecoverPoint Replicated LUNs
We are running VMware SRM 5.0 and RecoverPoint 3.4 SP2. Running vCenter 5.0 and ESXi 5.0. The problem we are getting and the answer from VMware SRM and EMC RP support are conflicting each other. Our...
View ArticleDatastore renamed after failover
Hello, I use vSphere 5.0 U2 with SRM 5.0. Storage is a NetApp V3210 snapmirrored to a FAS2240-4. I did a recovery in SRM and I found that the datastore in vCenter was renamed snap-xxxx-datastore_name....
View ArticleSRM Install fail
I am running windows server 2012 trying to install SRM 5.1 but the install keeps failing with error: Failed to update Perl installation directories. Details:Can't open perl script "E:\Program": No such...
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new snapshots that appear after SMR5 upgrade?
Curious - since upgrading to SRM 5 we have seen additional snapshots (additional in that they are in addition to the usual replication/snapshots that have long been functioning) in our P4000 system -...
View ArticleOne protection site to two recovery sites ?
Hi All, we have already SRM 5.1 running with vSphere replication from two protection sites (SiteA / SiteB) to one recovery site (Site C). The recovery site is a cold site, that means we have only two...
View ArticleAdding steps to cleanup plan in SRM 5.1?
Hi, Is it at all possible to add steps to clean up process? I have no experience with previous versions of SRM but my colleague made use of them and we seem not able to do it in 5.1.1.This 5.1.1....
View ArticleDell Compellent SRA--lack of vmotion?
Hi. I will be starting an SRM deployment soon with 5.5 and Dell Compellent using their SRA. However what I have been reading leads me to believe that when this is install, I will not be able to vMotion...
View ArticleRe register SRM with Vcenter servers
I had to uninstall reinstall Virtual Center in my primary site last week. This broke SRM.This error was in the logs on the SRM server: Vmacore::Exception' "Registration with the local VC server is...
View ArticleVcenter and SRM database question
I have a scenario where we have a sql cluster that will be protected by SRM and replicated to the DR site. What issues if any would be encountered during a DR event if Vcenter and SRM databases are...
View ArticleIBM V7000 SRA command 'discoverArrays' failed. Invalid Array ID. Refer to IBM...
Design is v7000 to v7000 Unified. I created a full administrator level user "sradmin" on both SVC. I logged in and validated that athentication is working. I checked that both CIM intefaces (TCP port...
View ArticleIs 1:N ( 1 Protected site : 2 or more Recovery Site ) supported in SRM 5...
Hello Everyone, I would like to ask if I can setup a 1 Primary Site to 2 Recovery Site using SRM array based replication? Is this a supported configuration? Thanks in advance!
View ArticleSRM and Licenses
Hi I have been running VMWare Site Recovery Manager for a while, but now my trail license has expired.So i have bought some license for "vCenterSite Recovery Manager (VM)", i have bought 50 VMs...
View Articlehow to perform full backup using VDR?
I'm using VDR (2.0.1.2374) to make a backup of my virtual machines (Windows 2003 and 2008 and Linux - about 100 VM´s) and identified that the FIRST backup of some VM´s is incremental. I've deleted ALL...
View ArticleIs Site Recovery Manager certified for database recovery?
Hi All, I am currently exploring the possibility of using Site Recovery Manager for database DR scenarios.Before I go any further and actually try running some scenarios, I would be interested if...
View ArticleSRM with IBM SVC failover fialed
Hi all, I have 2 IBM SVC (6.2) in both protection site and recovery site, after installed and configured SRM, the "test failover" worked well, however the "failover" failed which returned the following...
View ArticleSRM and databases
Hallo. Right now I'm considering SRM implementation for couple of database virtual machines (mssql, oracle - linux and windows, progres - linux). I know that in case of recovery both storage mirroring...
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