vSphere Replication error "There is a storage issue with datastore path"
I can't get passed this error "There is a storage issue with datastore path" when I try to replicate VMs from my protection site to replication site. I have looked at the blogs and KB: 2040302 article....
View ArticleNew to SRM
Hello Everyone I am new to SRM, i have two vcenter servers one in site1 and the other in site2.Vcenter Server in Site1 has two esxi servers connected to Storage1(FiberChannel)Venter Server in Site2...
View ArticleInitiating Recovery Plan test from command line
Hi, I need to initiate SRM Recovery Plan test using any available scripting solution: (PowerCLI, vCLI, tools, etc).We have VMware SRM v 5.1.1. Is there any other way to initiate Recovery Plan test,...
View ArticleSRM 5.0.1 installation woes. ODBC error (42S01)
I’m trying to install SRM with VR.I am installing the first SRM server, this is a windows 2008R2 VM.The Database is an SQL 2008 R2 DB on a remote server using SQL authentication. On installation right...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 and SQL server on same host ?
We are in the process of setting up SRM 5.1 with SQL server as the database. My question is , is it alright, if I setup the database also on the same server I install SRM?Or do the database and the...
View ArticleProtection Group's VMs do not have consistent snapshop point in time using...
As title, we experiencing during snapshot timestamp for VMs in a protection group. Meaning a group with database servers, apps and other servers, when we do drill test to start up the VMs in recovery...
View ArticleSRM Test Network Configuration
I am running the latest version of SRM and everything is working well. I am looking into updating my test network configuration. Currently I have a seperate network running on a DMZ switch but this...
View ArticleFailover Error
About a month or two back I was able to successfully configure, replicate, failover and failback without any issues.I'm not sure what happened during the course of that time, but the next time I was...
View ArticleUnable to add array manager.....Timed out (300 seconds) while waiting for SRA...
Hi, For my product qualification with vSRM, I have installed, 1. VMware-srm-5.1.1-1082082.exe on two servers2. vCenter Server from VMware-VIMSetup-all-5.1.0-880471.iso (on two servers)3. Two ESXi...
View ArticleVMware Site Recovery Manager recovery plan errors out with the message:...
I see the same question for array based replication but, I wasn't to sure if the same error or potential fix applies to vSphere replication. I get this error when trying to do a initiated planned...
View ArticleSRM reportection failed in reverse replication
Hi, We have been implemented VMware SRM 5.1 with HP EVA P6350 and Continuous Access. We have successfully Test our recovery plan betweentwo sites back and froth, everything went fine. Our client...
View ArticleProtected and Recovery vCenters... need to be same version?
Basic question...the SRM versions installed at both protected and recovery sites are required to be the same version, yes? So if my protected site is running vCenter 4.1 and my recovery site is...
View ArticleSRM design question
Hi All, we plan to deploy vsphere replication as opposed to array based replication to have more control. there are couple of Exchange servers which are using Microsoft iSCSI initiator and talk to EMC...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 dr-ip-customizer.exe
Is there a way to have the export include the IP for the current protected site, everytime i run:dr-ip-customerizer.exe --vc servername --cfg ..\config\vmware-dr.xml --i --cmd generate c:\file.cavthe...
View ArticleImpact of powering down Protected Site SRM server on Recovery Plan at...
If you shut down the SRM server at a Protected Site, will you still be able to initiate a Recovery Plan / Failover on the Recovery Site? Assume that replication of data (EMC RecoverPoint in this case)...
View ArticleKick off SRM recovery plan from command line or Powershell script
I have SRM setup and some Recovery Plans made. Is it possible to write a script to kick off a Recovery Plan without logging into vCenter to run the plan? We have a central system that we run jobs...
View ArticleSRM 5.5 service keeps terminating unexpectedly
Awright folks, I've been trying to get this to work for days now and it's time to ask the experts. Quick brief about my lab: Physical machine running 5.5, then nested multiple 5.5 systems running...
View ArticleChanging VM resource allocation during a recovery
Does anyone know of a way to change the resources allocated to a VM as a step in a recovery plan? The host servers at my production site have more physical memory and processor cores than the host...
View ArticleSRM 5.5 VR Reprotect question in a 1:N setup
I am in the initial stages of testing a 1:N SRM 5.5 setup. I have vcenterA (production) and vcenterB (DR). I also have two remote clusters, clusterA (production, hosted on vcenterA) and clusterB (DR,...
View ArticleSRM design question
Hi All, we are deploying SRM vSPhere replication. I have two questions, if you can answer or introduce some docs, it would be greatly appreciated: 1- since we are using vsphere replication, what is the...
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