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Steps to remove SRM 5.0 datastores from Vcentre
Hi We currently have some Datastores that are used with SRM 5.0 Esxi 5.0 and VNX array based replication. We are re designing our SRM datastores and have migrated all VMs off of them onto others, i now...
View ArticleControlling When a Manually Added Recovery Step Runs
Hi, I've added a manual step to a Recovery Plan after "Change Recovery Site Storage to Writeable" to run a command on the SRM server. When I run this Recovery Plan it runs the command CONCURRENTLY...
View ArticleSite Recovery Manager Kickoff Time
We have site Recovery Manager 5.5, build 1315893. We are using vsphere replication. We have set the RPO time to 24 hours. The issue I have is that the time the replication starts drifts. For example if...
View ArticleVM protection at DR site using partial VMDKs
Is it possible to replicate a virtual machine using SRM with only partial disks replicating to DR site ? or all the Volumes of a VM needs to be replicated to DR site in order to protect VM.
View ArticleLicense problem on SRM
If I only would like protect one site, can I only buy SRM license for the protected site and not need for the DR site? If yes, what license I should use of the SRM on DR site?
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 ArticleSRA Issue
He Team I was having this pb at the first that was solved by doing the manipe here Échec du chargement du SRA depuis 'C:/Program Files (x86)/VMware/VMware vCenter Site Recovery...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 Replication
I am using SRM 5.1 with vSphere 5.1. I have 20 vms being protected by SRM. We have one virtual replication appliance at each site. The total disk space for these 20 vms is roughly 6 TB. We have a 200...
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Planned migration error the vdisk-to-host mapping was not created because...
Hi all, Is there someone encounter the same error below. Co'z when i perform planned migration i received this error . i'm using SRM 5.1.2, SRA 3.2.0, IBM v7000 storage 7.2 microcode by checking...
View ArticleSRM not connecting to recovery site
Hi All, We are running the latest SRM version 5.5 and we are seeing the below in the SRM logs, any ideas? Line 10810: 2014-06-18T10:44:54.087+10:00 [01224 verbose 'HttpConnectionPool-000000'...
View ArticleSRM Clarification question - IBM SRA
Hi, My employer is currently piloting SRM 5.5 and I'm trying to gather some clarification regarding the reprotect option of SRM and in particular what it will and won't do from the IBM SRA 2.1...
View ArticleError - Failed to recover datastore while rinning SRM test
Hi All Below is my environment details Primary SiteESX 4.1 update2Vcenter 5.5 update1aSRM 5.5.1SRA version : IBMSVCSRA_v2.2.0.130422 Protected siteBoth ESX4.1 update2 & ESXi5.5 update1Vcenter 5.5...
View ArticlevSphere Replication | Schedule Sync Time(s)
I can't believe it's on version 5.5 and you still can't set a date/time to sync VMs. Does no one complain that it's crushing their WAN? I can understand that the RPO based work around is to kick the...
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SRM 5.0.1 the Recovery Plan test works but Recovery fails
Hello All, I am running SRM 5.0.1 on Vsphere 5.0.1 with Netapp SRAs, the issue is the setup looks all good, the test recovery plan works well. I can see a test machine recovered on the recovery site...
View ArticleHow to get the SRM externsion ID in a Shared Recovery Site environment
I'm setup a new site and I want to get this site be protected and point to the existing Shared recovery site.I have no idea what is the SRM extension ID that the previous vendor usedIs there anyway to...
View ArticleSRM 5.5 w/ MirrorView - Does ReProtect do a full sync?
We are planning on using MirrorView with SRM 5.5. After a failover, does the Re-Protect operation perform a full sync again, or does it just copy over the delta blocks? Thanks.
View ArticleEMC Recoverpoint consistency groups question
I'm looking for anyone who's using the EMC RecoverPoint appliances for the array based replication in a VMWare 5.x environment. Recently we went through an update of our EMC VNX5700 that we use with...
View ArticleSRM Placeholder Datastores
Hello, I would need an expert opinion on designing the placeholder datastores approach. We have 6 clusters at the protected site & same 6 clusters would be created at the recovery site for the...
View ArticleThe "correct" way to resize (expand) VMDK protected by vSphere Replication...
Hello, I am trying to figure out which method of resizing/expanding VMDK files is the official VMware-supported method (as of vCenter 5.5U1, ESXi 5.5U1, vSphere Replication 5.5.1, and SRM 5.5.1). In...
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