Anyone using multisite SSO with SRM 5.1?
Hi, We're going to put in a "active/active" SRM 5.1 deployment (half the protected VMs on each site - using the opposite site as their recovery site). The vSphere 5.1 environment will be brand new too...
View ArticleTesting a recovery plan with SRM vSphere Replication is possible ?
Hello,Is it possible to test SRM recovery plan with vSphere replication (like Array based replication) ?If yes, How it works ?The vsphere replication is automatically stopped, and after the VMs...
View ArticleUnable to access file
Hi all I am currently creating a protection group for SRM. I have created a test cluster at our protected site which has 2 hosts, 1 datastore and a folder called ProtectedI have then created a test...
View ArticleWhy can't you add steps to the reprotect or cleanup steps in SRM 5.1?
I have just discovered that you can only add steps to a recovery plan either in the recovery or test steps. The Add Step option is greyed out for both the reprotect and cleanup steps. I want SRM to run...
View ArticleUnconfigured vm prevents recovery of configured vms?
I'm attempting to test a recover plan. There is an issue with one of the vms on the datastore. It has a drive attached from a non replicated volume. When I run the plan it logs the error below for all...
View ArticleSRM5.1 / Storwize V7000 6.4.1.4 Command not supported : [discoverArrays]
Hi All Production Site:IBM Storwize V7000 and FW level: 6.4.1.4SRM ver: VMware-srm-5.1.1-1082082SRA : IBMSVCSRA_v2.2.0.130422IP: 192.168.70.50vCenter 5.1 U1 DR Site:IBM Storwize V7000 and FW level:...
View Articlevms Show sign that they are at the DR site, though they are at the main site !!
I have site recovery manager installed, everything is working just fine though 2 virtual machines at the main site showthe (butterfly) sign which should appear on vms at the DR site not on vms at the...
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SRM 5.1.1 strange behavior
Hi all, I installed a DR infrastructure as follow : protected site:1 VM vCenter 5.1 with SQL Express 2008 R2 SP1HP SRA on the vCenter server for EVA storage1 VM SRM 5.1.1 with SQL Express 2008 R2 SP1...
View ArticleCreating a DR Site
Hi, I'm new to vmware, so I'll ask maybe a basic question. My company wants to move from physical to virtual system. We are over 20 servers with different roles (DC, Exchange, SQL, File Servers...),...
View Articleautomatically DR plan
Hi,I have deployed vmware srm 5 based on array. It could automatically run the recovery plan when it detects a drop in storage or servers? or it must be done manually when we detect the fall?thanks!
View ArticleHmsGroup.OnlineSync Fail - unknown error occurred
Has anyone else seen this error with VRMS? I have two sites setup in SRM5. Each site has a VRM server deployed, configured, and connected.Each site has a single vSphere Replication server deployed and...
View ArticleReprotect fails with error
Hi, I'm setting up SRM and did a successful planned migration to the recovery site. Now I want to do a reprotect and do a recovery in the opposite direction.The reprotect fails with the following...
View ArticleDatastore Groups Wrong?
vCentre 4 connected to a CX4 using Recoverpoint SE. We have the consistency groups configured as we want, but SRM is grouping the consistency groups together when attempting to create protection...
View ArticlevSphere Replication Manager Appliance will not deploy
Dear People From The Future: Here's what we've figured out so far: (http://xkcd.com/979/) We are installing a vCenter Site Recovery Manager system, and having a deuce of a time on one vCenter deploying...
View ArticleSRM Database Location
Can anyone advise how I can find out where the SRM database is installed? I’ve looked under ODBC System DSN but there’s nothing there as there is with VCenter which shows the SQL instance or server?...
View ArticleVCenter Server certificate does not have a valid chain of authority error...
Upgrading from SRM 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 and received the attached error. Selecting to accept the thumbprint allowed the install to progress but failed with a message advising the install was interrupted and...
View ArticleService starts and then stops during SRM 5.1.1 install
My setup is as follows:ESXi 5.1vCenter 5.1a running on a VMSQL 2008R2 running on separate VM from vCenterSeparate VM for running SRMAbove config is replicated on DR sitevCentres are not in Linked...
View ArticleHost Based replication issue with VR servers.
I have an issue in my Host Based replication setup. Since it’s a host based setup I have to use VR servers for the replications. My issue is that these VR servers will throw alarms as being...
View ArticleSRM 5.1 does not detect existing standalone vSphere Replication 5.1 appliance
The SRM 5.1 install guide says that SRM can work the stand alone version of vSphere Replication:" If you installed the standalone version of vSphere Replication 5.1 and then installSRM 5.1, all...
View ArticleSRM upgrade rollback
I’ve got to failback an upgrade of SRM 5.0.2 to 5.0.1 due only one of the upgrades being successful at the protected and recovery sites so one is at 5.0.1 and one is at 5.0.2 and I need it all back...
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