Failover question on stopping SRA sync
I am starting to investigate SRM, and have a test lab--though using VRS for this. In production I will have a supported SRA. My question, is if lets say LUN01 has 40 VMs on it. It is being syncronized...
View ArticleSRM5 protection group stuck in "reprotecting" state
Hi team, need your advice please. I am testing SRM5 with netapp3210 for DR. after recovery done, I ran reprotect. then got problem. the protection group is "reprotecting" state and not allow me to...
View ArticleFailed to update embedded paths in virtual machine file
When running a test of recovery plan (NetApp NFS storage), the following warning appears in the history: Failed to update embedded paths in virtual machine file...
View ArticleSRM Database Location
Hello, I have attached a diagram of my SRM setup in VMware. I have read the best practice guides which said its ok to be on a physical or virtual, but I'm concerned that this would prevent SRM from...
View ArticleFailback Operation
I just failed back from a recovery we were running on some test systems. I noticed that the original failover to our DR site unmounted all LUNs from our hosts and removed the LUNs from the storage...
View ArticleSRM 5: what is more efficent between vSphere Replication and Veeam?
We are evaluating a Cloud service that uses SRM to provide disaster recovery. Since we are just starting to think about it and sice we have Veeam Backup and Replicator already, we will find ourself...
View ArticleVMware SRM
Hello Folks, I am looking out for below information for designing a solution leveraging VMware SRM. 1.) How much compute (Processors,memory.space) I need to configure for each SRM virtual machine at...
View ArticleHelp with SRM Certificates...
Hi, I'm trying to create certificate for SRM but I've some difficulties.I'm creating those with a windows CA.SRM is installed in the same server where vCenter is.The vcenter certificate have fqdn as...
View ArticlevMotioning SRM protected hosts
Hi All, We have just installed SRM on our enviroment and I am trying to test recovery plans at the moment. It would be a great help if anyone could answer the below: Our enviroment is 2 esxi5.1 hosts...
View ArticlevSphere Replication size limits
I've looked all around for specific limits to the size of a VM that can be protected via SRM w/vSphere Replication, but I do not see such documentation. I did see the release notes of 5.0.2 stating...
View ArticleInstall - VRA - vCenter Service Extension Provider
Hi, I am stumpted on the final part of the vCenter Virtual Replication Adapter OVA installer. I've installed SRM and the EqualLogic Virtual Storage Manager - the final part is the VMWARE VRA - on the...
View ArticleSRM-Storage Replication
Hi, i got one question on SRM Storage replication i have dual storage EMC Clarion & VNX at both sites Primary & DR in the above case how the configuration difference would be for SRA thanks,SD
View ArticleSRM 5.1.1 in Production
Dear All, I am implementing SRM 5.1.1 into production and I have some doubts/ questions in my mind. I would really appreciate if somebody can clarify these for me... Please? Site A (Protected): vCenter...
View ArticleOverhead on hosts from using VSphere replication with SRM.
Hello, We're currently looking to begin implementing a SRM solution between our two sites. We've opted to initially use VSphere replication rather than Storage replication for cost reasons. One concern...
View ArticleConfigure VR replication after losing a VC
Hi, We've recently had to rebuild our VC server which was also a SRM server. I thought I had got it all done but when I try to configure one of the servers for replication I get the following error...
View ArticleSRM Test failover failed while creating snaps
Dear All, I need help on my situation, testing failover for replicated LUNs on Clarion Storage keeps give failure while creating snaps for LUNs, I tried all solutions such as decreasing number of LUNs...
View ArticleSRM replication to both sides.
HI, I have a production site and a DR site which has 2 servers each location. I need to run some applications in DR site as well. actually it is not a completely DR site. It is just like a secondary...
View ArticleIBM V7000 SRA with SRM 5.1
There is a conversation going on in another thread(http://communities.vmware.com/message/2227065#2227065) - but it is an old thread and started off with different versions of everything. I'm going to...
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Relocate DC using SRM?
Hi Folks, Currently, my company has 2 datacenters. One in NY and one in MA. A decision has been made to close the MA data center and I have been tasked with getting the virtual environment moved over...
View ArticleVM NICs disconnected after failover
Hi, We've performed a couple of failover tests recently using SRM but noticed that a number of the virtual machines power up but have their network cards disconnected. This appears to be random,...
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