SRM Error after DR vCenter Rebuild
I lost my DR vCenter this afternoon and had to rebuild it. After rebuild and reinstall of SRM I try to create the connection between the old vcenter at HQ and the new one at DR and get errors that the...
View ArticleGetting information for Managed Object Reference object
Hello, I am using VMWare SRM API (VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.0) to query information about various objects including Protection Groups, Datastores, VMs, Recovery Plans etc.There are ways to...
View ArticleRecovery environment spread on several vCenters possible?
Hi, I have a design/concept question. My knowledge level is that I have taken SRM training but never implemented it after the class. I know that the typical scenario is that SRM protects a site where...
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SRM 5 and Netapp NFS Datastore
Hi Guys, I am using SRM 5.1 (SRA 2.1)I have created NFS Datastore in Netapp filer and also snapmirroring (replicating) to DR site, all working fine for replication Now I am trying to configure SRM to...
View ArticleSAN Migration with SRM
I have a customer that is currently using SRM 5.1 and EMC array based replication. We are in the process of migrating away from the EMC SAN to a SAN from Nimble Storage. Has anyone done a SAN migration...
View ArticleGetting error device_____ Volume can not be matched to Remote peer device..
Hi All, I did the SRM test with a sigle VMDK on the a Volume and It was successful.Now I have attach MS ISCSI Lun to the VM from the same Same Volume and did the SNap mirroring. When i Go to configure...
View ArticleRetain a virtual machines annotations during a failover and failback
Hi, I'm looking to keep my virtual machines custom annotations when the virtual machines are failed over to the recovery site with SRM and during a failback after a disaster. does anyone know a way of...
View ArticleSRM Infrastructure Create
Hi GuysI want Tested SRM in Test LabSo I needs 2 SAN Storage For Replication Together and so on Install SRM and test This Do you any Idea for install trial SAN with replication together capabilities?I...
View ArticleSRM: What happens if one vcenter is down?
Hi, if I have 2 sites, 2 vCenter each with SRM on the same machine. What happens if at one site, I need to reboot the vcenter (updates, etc) or it crashes? Thanks
View Articlevsphere5.5 + srm 5.5 = recovery unmount datastore error
Good afternoon.Structure recently updated to vsphere 5.5 and to SRM 5.5.Planned migration works well. There was a problem with Disaster Recovery.Simulate the situation :1) We have two protected VM,...
View ArticleLinux and Windows VM's have inconsistent File Systems and Corrupted Files...
When VM's power on at the recovery site I'm finding corrupted databases, corrupted xml and configuration files, and Linux files systems that have to be repaired. I'm using HP 3PAR replication with...
View ArticleDiverting vSphere Replication traffic for SRM
Hello, I wonder if the following is possible? Our production VMs replicate to our DR site over a dedicated Replication subnet without issues. Our DMZ VMs cannot see that subnet and therefore cannot...
View ArticleAll vms fail to be recovered on a datastore due to an invalid vm
I'm seeing this error for every configured VM on this particular volume when I run a test:Error - Virtual machines "MBRDBPRDRestore1120" that are not protected by this protection group use datastores...
View ArticleCan SRM 5.0 pair with an SRM 5.5 server?
I need to implement SRM but cannot upgrade prod vSphere environment to 5.5 because Symantec Netbackup does not support 5.5 yet. So my prod needs to stay at vSphere 5.0 U3/SRM 5.0 for now. The...
View ArticleSRM 5.5 Plugin will not install on my Win 7 32bit VM
Hello, I have recently upgraded a protected site to vCenter 5.5 along with all ESXi hosts in it's cluster. I have also done the same at the recovery site and all is working fine. I have now installed...
View ArticleConnectivity problem
I have a strange problem. I have 3 hosts in a data center. There is a VRA in a recovery site. When I try to establish a connection via port 31031 from the hosts to the VRA it fails on two of my 3...
View ArticlevCenter & SRM of primary site
Do we need to protect the vCenter, SRM & VRMS of primary site.
View ArticlevSphere replication applianced not displayed in web client
Hello guys, i have just deployed an new VRA (the only and the 1st one in my vCenter) and all looked ok.But when i connected to webclient my VRA list is empty under vSphere replication.I had 2...
View ArticleVMware tools timeout issue
I'm having a problem with VMware tools not starting in a timely fashion when testing SRM.I've read the KB article below and have changed both the recovery.customization.Timeout and the...
View ArticleSRM Test: This operation is not allowed in the current state
hi,Got a error "This operation is not allowed in the current state" while test of recovery. VM on DR side did't powered On and VM is in "invalid state". cleanup with force. changed recovery step on...
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