There are some VMs reside to the replication datastore will be vMotion from ClusterA to the ESXi hosts on ClusterB in the vCenter. There are other VMs on the replication datastore will remain on ClusterA. The replication is done on the storage side.
Does the SRM able to support protection group for the VMs in different cluster but reside on same replication datastore?
If yes, what are the configuration changes needed in the SRM?
Greetings all. Looking for some thoughts & guidance on this one-- thanks in advance.
I have a group of folks that I have assigned a custom role I call "Virtual Machine User" with various privileges that essentially amount to Power & Console permissions to VMs at a VMs & Templates Folder view only, in a specific folder. That group manages the application on the VMs in that folder but they don't manage the VMs themselves (memory/cpu/disk).
I have 2 vCenters in a single SSO domain. Two clusters-- and active and a DR. Active cluster is in VC1 and DR cluster is in VC2. vSphere Replication at both with a Site Pair established. SRM appliances (8.2) setup in both, with Site Pair established. Running vSphere 6.7U2. I have the App VMs in the folder mentioned above already setup in vSR replicating and an SRM Protection Group for them established.
My goal is to grant the App Admins the ability to create & manage the recovery plan and test and perform recovery actions of the VMs mentioned above.
I've gone through the SRM Admin guide and setting up proper permissions here is escaping me. I don't want to give the app admins full visibility into the vCenters or SRM. I'd just like them to be able to create/edit/perform their own recovery/plans of the vSR replicated VMs in the protection group I setup.
Any help here?
Thanks!
FYI- The connections to the Datastore migrate with host to the new vCenter datacenter cluster.
Topic Name : Modifying the Settings of a Protected Virtual Machine
Publication Name : Site Recovery Manager Administration
Product/Version : Site Recovery Manager/8.1
Question :
expand srm volume
Ok, what?
Topic Name : Overview of VMware Site Recovery Manager
Publication Name : Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration
Product/Version : Site Recovery Manager/8.1
Question :
Is it possible to have 2 SRM Instances registered with 1 VCenter Server? If so, what is the process? I'd like to install SRM on a separate system and point it to a Vcenter that already has a SRM instance registered.
Hi friends,
I did an SRM training, but as I've never used it in practice the knowledge ends up being outdated.
The training was done with a Windows vCenter and with vReplication and did not address the pluguin part of the storage.
I want to use SRM with VCSA 6.7 and I will have to use pluguin for Dell EMC storage.
Doubts:
- Is there SRM 8.1 that is supported for VCSA 6.7 appliance as well? Or will I have to use a Windows VM?
- If you do not have the SRM appliance, can I use VCSA 6.7 and SRM installed on a windows?
- How do I enable SRM in VCSA 6.7?
- Is the SRM pluguin for storage installed on the same SRM server? Or is it on another server? Or is it in vsphere esxi?
Thank you.
Hi,
where do I get the SRA Adapter (SRA-tar.gz file) for Unity-VSA?
I've already downloaded several for Windows.
Thank you.
Hi,
I did the SRM training, but it does not show the configuration and failback steps.
I researched and found some blog and managed to do the setup.
However, I'm stuck in the step-by-step to make a correct failback in a (primary) drop-off scenario.
I simulated the (Vphere, Vcsa, Srm and Storage) shutdown of the primary site and run the recovery plan on the DR site successfully.
I noted: LUNS appear with a SNAP nomenclature, with says in training. But when I do the failback, it will be strange.
Now I want to connect the servers (Vphere, Vcsa, Srm and Storage) of the primary site again, to do the reprotection.
In this scenario I think it would be a basic procedure, the steps below:
1 - Remove (Rescan) Vsphere LUNs from the primary site;
2 - Remove VMs from Vsphere inventory;
3 - Failback of storage LUNs;
In SRM I would have to reconfigure the direction of (Save> Master).
But the plan is with DR running, can I use it by the protection group to enable reprotection?
Or is it better to create a new protection plan?
Thank you.
Can some experts here explain to me what are pros and cons to use these two products? Can Live Sync replace SRM?
Thanks!
Hi,
As of SRM version 8.2 there is no VCSA plugin, right?
Thank you.
Hi
There is a "Site Recovery" plug-in in vSphere Client, that redirects to a dedicated UI (new browser tab) for SRM/vSphere Replication 8.2
Hope this helps
Ivan
Hi All,
This is not always the case. In my setup I had the issue where I managed to upgrade to 6.1.1.1 on DR site and on Prod Site I was not able to upgrade 6.1.1.1. Luckily after much deep thought:) we had an intermediate patch 6.1.1 for SRM and were able to upgrade successfully.
Hope this helps someone.
Best regards,
Paul.
I suppose you are having a multi site set up due to which you are expecting 2 SRM instance being registered to one vCenter.
Yes it is possible if you provide custom identifier during second installation.Please keep in mind the identifer/plugin id name should match to the other site which you are trying to pair it with.
Hello ,
Couple of Questions to understand your scenario
- Is there SRM 8.1 that is supported for VCSA 6.7 appliance as well? Or will I have to use a Windows VM?
Yes it is.You can use it with VCSA 6.7 appliance as well.
- If you do not have the SRM appliance, can I use VCSA 6.7 and SRM installed on a windows?
SRM appliance is introduced in 8.1.2. Yes VCSA 6.7 and SRM can be installed on windows
- How do I enable SRM in VCSA 6.7?
When you install SRM 8.1 on windows,It will ask to you provide the vCenter information or PSC information (Incase if PSC is external) During the course of installation SRM will register to vCenter and enable accoridngly.
- Is the SRM pluguin for storage installed on the same SRM server? Or is it on another server? Or is it in vsphere esxi?
SRA(Storage Replication adopter) is installed on the same server where SRM is installed.
Regards
Ritesh
Hello,
If you inventory mappings such as resource,network,folder mappings are intact from cluster front. You should be good. It ideally does not matter if protection groups have VM's from different cluster provided that data store is shared across both the cluster.
Regards
RItesh
Check if the following VMware article helps:
Hello, I have question. I ran a recovery test and received an error on one of the servers. Has anyone seen this error before?
Error - A general system error occurred: PBM error occurred during PreProcessReconfigureSpec: vmodl.RuntimeFault; Received SOAP response fault from [<cs p:00007f668495bf80, TCP:localhost:8190>]: preProvisionProcess Error when setting up context for validation; Profile not found. Id: b313cf37-4147-441f-944f-27342a64478b,
Error - A general system error occurred: PBM error occurred during PreProcessReconfigureSpec: vmodl.RuntimeFault; Received SOAP response fault from [<cs p:00007f668495bf80, TCP:localhost:8190>]: preProvisionProcess Error when setting up context for validation; Profile not found. Id: b313cf37-4147-441f-944f-27342a64478b,
Error - "A general system error occurred: PBM error occurred during PreProcessReconfigureSpec: vmodl.RuntimeFault; Received SOAP response fault from [<cs p:00007f668495bf80, TCP:localhost:8190>]: preProvisionProcess Error when setting up context for validation; Profile not found. Id: b313cf37-4147-441f-944f-27342a64478b, " A general system error occurred: PBM error occurred during PreProcessReconfigureSpec: vmodl.RuntimeFault; Received SOAP response fault from [<cs p:00007f668495bf80, TCP:localhost:8190>]: preProvisionProcess Error when setting up context for validation; Profile not found. Id: b313cf37-4147-441f-944f-27342a64478b,