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Does SRM unmount or detach datastores?
We performed an SRM failover/failback between two sites (successfully). On the recovery site we notice that the replicated luns that were mounted during failover, now show as unmounted during failback....
View Articlesrm vsphere replication same vcenter between datacenter
can vsphere replication be used to replicate vms between 2 Datacenters/Clusters in the same vcenter or does it have to be different vcenter?
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Failed to retrieve pairs from Site Recovery Manager Server
I've two vCenters joined to same platform services controller. When I'm logged in using administrator@vsphere.local, there's no issue and I'm able to do everything within Site Recovery Manager.. I've...
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VMware Site Recovery Manager: Error – Failed to recover datastore
During tes vmware SRM I received following error during step 8 : Error – Failed to recover datastore ‘<datastorename>’. VMFS volume residing on recovered devices ‘”<device_wwn>”‘ cannot be...
View ArticleImplementing Shared Recovery Sites in an existing SRM environment
Hello,I have two environments with SRM installed in standard mode: 1 protected site with the vcenter and srm server and one recovery site with with vcenter and srm server. The first environment is...
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Several LUNs marked as 1 LUN
I noticed that some LUNS are detected as 1 LUN.If we try to select only one LUN, it is detected as a group.Please see screenshots for verification. Note:These is based on array based replication using...
View ArticleSRM 6.1 - DR-IP-CUSTOMIZER Error - App can't run on your PC
have been having all kinds of trouble getting the 6.1 customizer running. was able to run it but it was erroring out and not creating the file. it is now not even able to start. anyone seen this?
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Unable to set up Protect Groups - Error: "Unable to create Protection Group....
I am trying to set up Protection Group type of "Individual VM's" and I receive this error. We are using Vcenter 6.0, SRM 6.1, and VR Appliance 6.1. The sites are paired, the VR service is running,...
View ArticleHow to get the vCenter details of recovery site of SRM from the post power on...
Hi ALl,I have below question with respect to VMware SRM. As part of disaster recovery plan when the virtual machine is powered on at the recovery site.From the virtual machine, we are planning to get...
View ArticleHow to detach the harddisk of the VM while executing SRM recovery plan during...
Hi All, During SRM recovery with planned migration as part of recovery plan when the virtual machine is shutting down,Is it possible to do any configuration changes to virtaul machine?In our...
View ArticleHow to get the customized IP rules and IP details of the VM from the recovery...
Hi All,I have below question regarding the SRM IP customization rule. As we know In SRM we can customize IP settings for virtual machines for the protected site and the recovery site. Customizing the...
View ArticleNew DR setup using SRM
Hi Team, We are planning to implement SRM for the DR site. Have few clarifications and need your expert advises Existing set upMain Site : ESXi 6 and EMC storage and VM's. DR site . ESXi hosts, storage...
View ArticleSRM 6.1.1 - Question about Single Storage System replicating to Multiple...
Hi All, I am having some issues setting up SRM 6.1.1 in the following scenario. If you could let me know, first off, if this is a limitation and secondly how I can accomplish this it would be...
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SRM with vSphere replication version 6.1
Hi All, I have installed vCenter 6.0 with SRM 6.1 and configured replication with vSphere replication 6.1. I am trying to pair the sites i am getting the below error. I tried reinstalling the SRM still...
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vSphere Replication Tab is not showing on vCenter 6.5 however SRM has already...
I have installed SRM 6.5 within the vCenter 6.5 ( Windows edition ) but vSphere Replication tab is not showing on vSphere Web Client however Site Recovery icon is showing on the home page. Secondly,...
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Custom name for placeholder VM's
In a multi-site, linked-mode environment, we have a large number of Vm's and their related placeholder protected VM's.Is there any way to set a custom naming scheme (or suffix) to these placeholders to...
View ArticleSRM Server Appliance
is site recovery manager server is available as a Virtual appliance in ova format?
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Migration of replicated VMs to another replicated SAN
Hello,We plan to migrate about 100 replicated VMs (RecoverPoint) from VMAX to XtremIO which assume impact all Protection groups and Recovery Plans.What is the process to modify Protection groups and...
View ArticleStale replication GID - page not found when trying to access through Managed...
Hi, I'm having an issue setting up replication for a server which has previously been replicated. I'm getting an error: "Unable to configure replication for virtual machine <server_name> because...
View ArticleReplicate one datastore, but not whole VM
We have SRM 5.8.1 integrated with an IBM SRA and vSphere 5.5. We have a linux VM at the protected site with two LUNS attached and mounted to it (say LUN A and B). We have it's failover VM running at...
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