Re: SRM DR Test
That is what I thought might be an issue... I do use Vmware Replication and not sure if there would be a problem for it to track changes if you run a test for extended time. I have admin running DR...
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Hi, There is no time limit when doing test failover with SRM+VR. Replication will continue. The disk hierarchy at the target datastores is forked.After performing test cleanup:1. The redo log vmdks for...
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Hi, Awesome. That is exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you. CheersDean
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Re: Resource mappings
That's interesting, in doing recovery with test servers I didn't have the resources mapped both ways and never had an issue.I mapped them in the reverse direction before our planned recovery. I didn't...
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VMware SRM and IBM Storwize SRA Issues
We are currently trying to implement VMware Site Recovery Manager.Our existing environment consisted of two physical data centers connected with a 1gbps link. Both sites were managed via a single...
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You're using IBM Storwize V7000 ou IBM Storwize V7000 Unified ? Anyway, if not using the Unified version, you should provide the Management IP address when adding the array manager, not the Service...
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We're using IBM Storwize V7000. I've tried the management IP address and the wizard simply fails at the discovery screen. Hoping someone from VMware or IBM will see this and advise where I should be...
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The SRM servers and the management IP of V7000 are on the same subnet ? If not, the the TCP port 5989 is allowed between the SRM and V7000 ?
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SRM and the v7000's are on the same subnet. I can reach and login to the v7000's with no issue from both SRM servers using HTTP or SSH.
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Re: Resource mappings
That's interesting, in doing recovery with test servers I didn't have the resources mapped both ways and never had an issue.I mapped them in the reverse direction before our planned recovery. I didn't...
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Hi, regarding your confusion about Preconfigured/Non-preconfigured environments and other options please have look to this document I wrote on that topic...hope it helps you to understand IBM...
View ArticleSRM Intro Questions
Hello All: I have a couple quick questions I was hoping someone could address in regards to Array Based replication on an initial setup I am starting to lab. Below will state my BARE minimum setup. 3...
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This looks good. You definitely do not want to replicate your vCenter or SRM servers. Regarding secondary volumes, what your SRA vendor says is often the case, and since they call it out specifically...
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Yes - thank you. I will ping our storage vendor to confirm the suspicion as the document is quite old. Even though it shows for ver 5.8
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SRM will typically take care of mounting the recovery site devices on failover for you. There are a few SRAs that require this to be performed in advance, but most SRAs will take care of it for you.
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http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2520155 We do allow dynamic DNS updates but about 10% failed to register after the recovery and 20% or more failed on the way back.There might be a Microsoft DNS...
View ArticleDR IP Customizer question
The GUI for specifying Recovery and Protected IP settings is limited to specifying 2 DNS server addresses.Can you specify more than 2 if you use dr-ip-customizer to configure this? It appears from...
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Yes you can. See: Site Recovery Manager 5.5 Documentation Center or Site Recovery Manager 6.0 Documentation Center
View ArticleRe: SRM 5.8 - Cannot pair sites due to username and/or password
hi jadams, are u fix this issue ?I have same error liked you, when i upgrade vcenter and site recovery manager 5.1 to 5.5,If u have fixed plz tell me how to fix. Thanks,
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You just need to create your secondary volumes at the DR site and make sure that your hosts have the correct access permissions to mount them. Once that's all sorted the SRA will take care of mounting...
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