Some VM doesn't start in test mode at the recovery site
Hi, After running a recovery plan in test mode i can see in the report that not all VM have start on the recovery site.In my last test my recovery plan contained 15 VMs and 2 of them (srv-01 and...
View ArticleSRM warning
I just upgraded our Vcenter servers to 5.5 and SRM servers to 5.81.When I run a test it pauses at the Create Writable Storage Snapshot and the following warning appears on the step: Warning - Unable to...
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SRM and Manual configured MAC addresses
I've been asked to set the MAC address on a guest server manually.This server will be protected by SRM.Will the manually configured MAC address be maintained when the machine is failed over?
View ArticleSite Recovery Manager inquiries
1. If I am using an 1 SRM license for both PROD and DR site, can I do failback and reprotect?2. Client will do a network split to simulate a DR scenario (PROD will still be running), In this scenario...
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protect VM through powercli not working: Not authenticated into SRM
We are trying to automate the protection of a VM through powercliWe followed the several posts available on internet like fe http://www.automate-it.today/automating-srm-powercli/However we end up with...
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Powering of VMs during failover
Hi! If there are non-protected VMs running in a DR site and a recovery action is initiated from PROD to DR, will SRM prioritize to power on the configured protected VMs and will shutdown the...
View ArticleSRM recovery test scenario
One of our client wants to test the SRM capability during recovery, can these scenario be possible to simulate a recovery plan? 1. Use the test recovery plan in SRM. After test replica VM is powered...
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Test Scenario using vSphere replication
We have a client of ours who are running SRM 5.8 with vSphere Replication (No san based replication)Test failovers will not work in this test scenatio They would like to do a planned failover to the...
View ArticleSRM Attributes
My customer is trying to ascertain what attributes for virtual machines are transferred across during a SRM failover as reservations still don't and they have the reservations to stop the creation of...
View ArticleSRM Fail-over test - Pulling the plug
For our test want plan to “pull the plug” (figuratively) on the production data center prior to performing the fail-over test. We want to simulate an actual data center disaster. All networks,...
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Site Recovery Manager Failover issue
I would like to consult an issue we encountered during test recovery.We encountered "VMware Tools timeout error in ...... seconds"Tried to increase value but still problem exists.My question is: 1. Can...
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Inquiries
Hi, I would like to ask a few questions: 1. Can we permanently set the account recognition for SRM for PROD and DR? Not having to enter the credentials after browser log off?2. If recovery and cleanup...
View Articlehost lost access to lun (datastore) after planned failover test
Hello,I have the following config.A production site with vsphere 5.5, SRM 5.5 and an ibm storage array (Storwize V3700),A Recovery site with the same config,The two storage arrays are connected via FC...
View ArticleSRM for protecting other hypervisors VM and non vmware cloud vms
As per my understanding srm cannot be used to protect other hypervisors VM and non vmware cloud vms, Correct me if i am wrong? Can it be used to protect openstack vms?
View Articleinventory mappings
I would like to know why I can have only 1 available network mapping for reverse mapping?What if I have 3 separate networks in the PROD site that has also a 3 network counterpart in the DR site?Will...
View ArticleSite Recovery
Lets say in my PROD, i have the following: App1, Web1, DB1, App2, Web2, DB2 I created 3 recovery Plan: Recovery Plan1: App1, Web1, DB1, App2, Web2, DB2Recovery Plan 2: App1, Web1, DB1Recovery Plan 3:...
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VMware SRM/SRA Certification question about SetupiSCSITests
Hi,In the beginning, we have first certification test case failed at SetupiSCSITests, We use workbench to run SRA certification the first item: SetupiSCSITestsWorkbench show ERROR as follow: [testng]...
View ArticleVM's in Protection Groups shows invalid message : invalid:...
After failover, our LUN replicated as snap. We renamed it by removing snap prefix. Then later our protection group shower warningThere are configuration issues with associated vm'sDatastore "****" is...
View ArticleSRM with Multiple Storage Arrays and Array based Replication
I have few queries for which I am finding answers. My Environment:Protected SitevCenter 5.5SRM 5.8EMC Recovery Point for ReplicationEMC VNX as Storage ArrayEMC SRA configured in SRM to talk to EMC...
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SRM and only 1 SAN
Hi!, I have the following situation: Two sites, the primary and the recovery site.In our primary site there's only 1 SAN powered by a humble Hitachi storage appliance, and this replicates on the...
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