Initial install at Recovery Site
Hi All, I've read the insallation guide for SRM 5.5 and see that it talks about having a virtual centre server setup at both sites. I understand this but what I cannot find \ figure out is if I need...
View ArticleCan I force SRM 5.0 with SRDF/SRA 5.0.1 to recover at target site when source...
SRDF/A (latest VMAX 5876 code)SRM 5.0SRDF/SRA 5.0.1vCenter 5.0We are moving the target VMAX to a loaner VMAX target (where we will not use SRM) and then we will move back to the original VMAX (after...
View ArticleUnable to create a Protection Group - "Array Pair" not visible
HI all, at the final stages of a proof-of-concept with a pair of Falconstor NSSVA's replicating an environment, most of the SRM side of things is now configured but at the point where I'm trying to...
View ArticleConfused by New DataStore Protection Groups - SRM 6.0 on Dell EqualLogic SAN...
Confused by New DataStore Protection Groups - SRM 6.0 on Dell EqualLogic SANForgive the daft question, however here we go.On 5.5 we had 6 Datastores on our EqualLogic san, and a protection group for...
View ArticleHP MSA 2040 iSCSI -- SRM fails on Recover and Reprotect operations.
Does anyone have any practical experience with the HP MSA 2040 iSCSI SAN, DL360p G8 servers running VMware 5.5 and SRM 5.8. We have the HP MSA SRA 5.8.0.24 installed, and the MSA runs firmware...
View ArticleCan we add multiple array pairs in one protection Group
Hi,I need multiple arrays pairs in one protection group. We I get new array pair I should be able to add to existing protection group only. When I try to create protection group at any given point, I...
View ArticleSRM5 using vSphere replication, status shows 'not active'
I've been using SRM5 with host-based replication pretty extensively and for the most part is has been solid. I am using it to protect 18 VMs at my production site. I am now trying to configure a...
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Site Recovery Manager (SRM) v6.0 - several recovery errors
I plan to open a support ticket but want to make these errors visible to all. For the errors, I have replaced names but left the important content. We had several issues with ESXi v6.0, vCenter 6.0,...
View ArticleSites only show as connected from Primary vCenter.
Hi. I'm running SRM 5.1.1 with vCenter 5.1 Update 1. Primary and secondary sites separated by physical firewalls. I've followed the kb on...
View ArticleRecovery Timeout Values (reapplying)
is there any way to reapply the global change of a timeout value to individual VM's other then unprotecting them all and reprotecting? For example, the VMware tools timeout, if I adjust after...
View ArticleFailed to create snapshots of replica devices error message
Greetings, I'm currently trying to test my recover plans for all of my protection groups and I'm getting the following error message: Failed to create snapshots of replica devices. ( I include a screen...
View ArticleSRM Virtual Centre Configuration
I am doing an installation of SRM into an existing ESX environment. At the moment I have my original VC called VC4 which has 12 ESX hosts split across two Datacentres. Storage is presented from the...
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Windows 2008 Domain Controllers cannot ping during test
I ran a test of my recovery plan with my domain controllers and they cannot ping anything, it says "unable to contact ip driver general failure". Has anyone come across this before? I found some...
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SRM keeps asking for vCenter credentials
Hello,I needhelp in resolvingbellow problem: WhenI'mtrying to replicate vm in second vCenter by going to VR Replication tab in Classic client a windowispopping and asking me to providecredentials for...
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Ways Replicate to two locations
We have been using SRM for a number years to replicate VMs using vSphere Replications to our alternate Datacenter about a mile way from our main datacenter. That has worked well outside of resizing a...
View Articlehow much speed requirement between to site for synchronous SRAM ?
Hii have 2 netapp storage : FAS 2552 i want to run SRM for Active -Passive Site this 2 site MUST be synchronous replication with to storage but just have 300 Mbs speed in Fiber Optic SRM work...
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SOAP APIs of SRM 5.8 or 6.0 do not work when query the protected virtual...
Hi, I am developing a vSphere Web Client plug-in to talk with SRM (VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager) 5.8 or 6.0 via its SOAP APIs. One typical user case is that when end user selects a virtual...
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unable to retrieve resource mappings data
Hi all, Trying SRM 5.8 in my lab before the production deployment, and I'm running into an issue configuring resource mappings. I was able to successfully pair the sites, but after I add a new resource...
View ArticlePlaceholder Datastores
Hi All, I'm confused about how to use the Placeholder Datastore.. What is best practices ? I knew that we do not need to give very big datastore for placeholder right ? For example, Is it enough...
View ArticleDuplicate initiator error
I'm running into an issue with configuring the Array based Replication. On Site A:SRM 5.8 - Build 2336305SRA 2.3.0 for Nimble storagePhysical:BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure G2ProLiant BL465c Gen8...
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