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Target VM Location vs Taget File location
HiWhat is the different between Target VM Location vs Taget File location both ?
View ArticleFailback without bringing back changes
Hi. I know the standard workflow of a failover/failback: - Failover to Recovery Site- Reprotect (reverse replication to original Protected Site)- Failback (to original Protected Site)- Reprotect...
View ArticlePlanning on upgrading from SRM 5.5 to 6.0 u2
Assistance required for simple high level plan for the above, assuming all other parts are done ie ESXi is it a simple 1 step upgrade for do I hav eto go to 6.0, 6.1 etc etc
View ArticlevSphere Replication on a SAN STorage
Can I use vSphere Replication for SRM if my underlying SAN storage is using synchronous replication?
View ArticleSPPG in SRM 6.1
In SRM 6.1 when SPPG is used then what will happen if failback is triggered but before failback in Old recovery site few VM were created with the same policy that was the part of protection group. As...
View ArticleSRM with EMC VMAX
Can someone here provide some documents on the recommended configuration of VMware for EMC to make it work for SRM?I am talking about some used cases so I can compare this.Most of the configuration is...
View Articlereplication direction presented wrong
Hello all, Making good progress in my SRM environment.Proof of concept failovers are working flawlessly, gone back and forth several times without any issues. I did notice one thing that bothers...
View ArticleProblem with reprotecting VMs
Hello all, I am currently working on an implementation of SRM.My setup consists of Vmware SRM server build 3037005, vCenter 6.0, ESXi 6.0.0 and IBM Storwize Family Storage Replication Adapter. Pretty...
View ArticleCannot remove a deleted VM from protection group
Hello, I'm having trouble removing a VM from a SRM protection group. The VM has been deleted before removing from the protection group. The error is: Invalid: The VM is no longer protectedThis VM is...
View ArticleQuestion about reprotecting VM and data that gets replicated back
Hello,After completing a failover of, say, a 40GB virtual machine from site A to site B, if we choose to click on the reprotect button to reverse the replication back from site B to A, does SRM...
View ArticleWhat should I do if I lose the Network Connection between the two Sites?
I have a customer who asked me what happens when his MPLS goes down. I told him that he would have the most recent replication that has happened is what he would have to work with. since he will be...
View ArticleWhich PSC should the recovery site SRM node point to
Setup is as follows:vSphere 61 vcenter server (vcenter01) and 1 PSC (PSC01) at protected site1 vcenter server (vcenter02) and 1 PSC (PSC02) at recovery siteEach vcenter server is pointed at its own...
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SRM Site Pairing Issue
While Site Pairing everything goes correct...connection to remote vcenter server, certificate validation, connection to remote srm server, certification valiidation and reciprocity 9everything goes...
View ArticleNeed to shutdown an ESXi host at recovery site
Hello,Using SRM 5.8, I have 3 esxi servers on the recovery site. One of them needs to be placed in maintenance mode and possibly shutdown for hardware diagnostics. Is there a particular process I...
View ArticleSRM 5.8 AddNetworkMapping API
Hi all,Did someone try to invoke the inventory mappings API? Any example? I can't automate such process (add mappings in general). Any help is appreciated. Thanks!Giulio
View ArticleFound some error in SRM server log
Hi, I am using vCenter Server Appliance 6.0 Update 1 with VMware-srm-6.1.0-3037005.I found some error in SRM server log.Dose anyone know how to solve this issue? 2016-11-22T16:08:50.734+08:00 [00248...
View ArticleDoes 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 4.8 Protection groups error
i am trying to create protection groups but i get the following error: "" Unable to find a placeholder datastore for the host/cluster , Any placeholder datastores registered with the SRM server that...
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?
View ArticleVMware 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...
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