SRM With The Web Client?
So far I have been using SRM with the fat Windows client and SRM plug-in. (Version 5.1)Has anyone been using SRM with the Web client? I can't seem to find how to (eg) create Protection Groups and test...
View ArticleDoes SRM 5.1 support multiple arrays/SRAs
Can a single SRM 5.1 instance supportmultiplearray based replication? For example I have array based replication for an HP 3PAR and EMC VNX (RecoverPoint) can SRM handle both of these? Are there any...
View ArticleManage SRM 5.5 from WEB client of VSA 5.5
Hello: I have VSA (vCenter Virtual Appliance) 5.5 and managing it through WEB interface.Recently I installed SRM 5.5 and pointed it to VSA 5.5. I know I can use VI Client, download/enable SRM plug-in...
View ArticleMS SQL Cluster for SRM database
Is it supported to use MS SQL Cluster for the SRM database? //Toni
View ArticleSRM 5.1 fails when recovering a VM to a host with less virtual CPU than at...
Hello: We are trying to run a Recovery Plan from our Protected site to our recovery site. During a 'test' recovery, one of our Virtual machines with 12 CPU allocation at the Protected site, fails with...
View ArticleHow does RecoverPoint handle SRM VM test and real failovers?
Trying to understand how EMC's RecoverPoint handles SRM VM failovers. Does it treat test and real failovers differently? For example, for test failovers does it use SAN snapshots and for real...
View ArticleSRM DSN Connection
Hi, We are installing SRM 5.5 on Windows 2008 R2 Server with an Oracle Database, the guide specifies using a 64bit DSN and to use the Microsoft ODBC for Oracle driver, this doesn't exist on the server...
View ArticleHow does RecoverPoint handle replication of VM swap files?
When configuring SRM it is recommended to configure the vSphere hosts to store swap files on a swap LUN. The thinking is that swap files are temporary files that get recreated when VMs reboot. Since...
View ArticleMove SRM replication Target Datastore
Hi, I need to move a bunch of VMS that were being replicated to a different target datastore. When I reconfigured the replication to go to the new datastore after moving the Virtual machine folders...
View ArticleCan SRM test failovers be performed if WAN connection is taken offline...
I am trying to figure out the options for testing SRM. I know that I can perform a test failover (to test bubble network) when the WAN is up and both SRM instances can talk to eachother. What if I...
View ArticleEnvironment using two different Storage system with SRM
Dear, I have a question regarding VMware environment that have three different storage system on main site and those systems is replicated to storage system on DR site as follows: - LUNs inside EMC...
View Articlerequest failed because the remote server took too long to respond.
We have ESXi 5.1 & vCenter 5.1, installing SRM 5.1.1 on a dedicated server and trying to deploy the replication appliance and I get the attached error. Below are the steps I took to troubleshoot:...
View ArticleSingle VM Restore in SRM
Greetings,I have a question regarding the impact of "unprotected" VMs once a recovery plan is initiated.We are using Array protection with a Netapp Snapmirror NFS protection.Snapmirror handles the...
View ArticleVM Recovery Properties - how to tell which VM's have custom recovery...
We are constantly adding new VM's to our SRM protected datastores. However we are having difficulty finding those VM's that do not have customized recovery properties confgured. Each VM should have a...
View ArticleSRM 5.5 doesn't have SRA for EMC Celerra NX4?
I noticed in the compatibility matrix for the EMC SRA's that in 5.0 and 5.1 the VNX SRA supports the EMC Celerra NX4 as well as the new VNX line of storage arrays. However then when you look at the...
View ArticleNAS protection
Hi, we plan to use SRM replication to protect in VM level. Now we are looking for a solution to protect NFS datastore as well. does vmware provide such a solution for NAS or should we go with solution...
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SRM Design recommendations
Hi Guys, Currently my customer is running a 2 vCenter with vCSHB running on them, and they are looking to deploy the SRM solution with a new DR site.In that case, do i let the vCSHB configuration...
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srm 5.5 cannot complete login due to an incorrect user and password
Hi all,i have a problem login to srm 5.5(upgrade from 5.1.1) plugin.please belowThiserrordoes notaffect all vcenter admin domain user,admin internal SSO vcenter. And only happen @ vcenter recovery...
View ArticlePlace Holder VM and data store
Can you please help to understand 1)What is the Difference between Placeholder VM and actual VM with repective files of the both. 2)what is the difference between placeholder data store and datastore
View ArticleSRM will not start after upgrade to 5.1
I cannot get the SRM 5.1 plugin to download. I get a server unavailable (503). I checked vmware-dr-450.log and it seems a certificate problem. I tried modifying the install and generating a new...
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