Re: Powering of VMs during failover
Does it mean that by default, no VMs will be suspended in the DR site?What if there is resource contention in the DR site, will SRM automatically shut down DR non protected VMs to accommodate PROD...
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DR network is somewhat a PROD network extension (same IPs are used to the DR VMs)Can we change IP of replicated VMs during test recovery plan, change its network adapter and do UAT/DEV testing and then...
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Hi ChevUribe, Correct - by default no VMs in the DR site will be shutdown or suspended when you run the plan. Recovery site VM's will also not be shutdown if there is contention or lack of resources....
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Hi ChevUribe, I would stick with a Test Recovery - running an actual Recovery Plan will have your LIVE VM's running from the DR site and will cause an outage as they will all be shutdown automatically...
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There's no supported way to do that. You would have to delete your Recovery Plans, Protection Groups, etc. then set everything up again. Why is the Test Failover not an option for them? There's another...
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HI ThompsG! Thanks for the swift response. My question is, configured DR network is like an extension of the PROD network in order for client to have no reconfiguration in IPs since DR replicated VMs...
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1. A Standard SRM License is per VM, Enterprise is Unlimited. Therefore the same SRM license can be used to failover or failback, that is by design. 2. The purpose of SRM is to failover/recover failed...
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Hi ChevUribe, So for more background on our infrastructure layout: we have a stretched VLAN between both the primary (PROD) and secondary (DR) site. This means the IP addresses in PROD can happily...
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Re: SRM recovery test scenario
Can we change IP of replicated VMs during test recovery plan, change its network adapter and do UAT/DEV testing and then do cleanup process afterwards?I can see a nice description given by ThompsG in...
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HI All, Can I create a network mapping with both PROD and DEV/UAT in the DR site, and in the VM side, I'll just choose whose network they will connect?Client needs to communicate DR replicated VMs in...
View ArticleSRM Attributes
My customer is trying to ascertain what attributes for virtual machines are transferred across during a SRM failover as reservations still don't and they have the reservations to stop the creation of...
View ArticleSRM Fail-over test - Pulling the plug
For our test want plan to “pull the plug” (figuratively) on the production data center prior to performing the fail-over test. We want to simulate an actual data center disaster. All networks,...
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SRM supports running a test with the sites disconnected. The next important thing to check is your replication solution. vSphere replication supports running tests with the sites disconnected as well....
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Re: SRM Fail-over test - Pulling the plug
AFAIK the test should work without VCs in commuinication,can you confirm what type or replication you are using? vSphere replication / RecoverPoint etc etc? Also, please post a screenshot that shows...
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2. The purpose of SRM is to failover/recover failed VMs at PROD site over to a DR site. Therefore only one instance of the VM running at any one time. The testing feature of SRM goes through all the...
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As per this Blog it says SRM does not preserve VM reservation attributes. SRM will not preserve reservations on failover - VMware vSphere Blog If you see Mike Laverick comments(he is a SRM GURU) he...
View ArticleRe: SRM Fail-over test - Pulling the plug
Thanks for the replies! First - I should have noted the versions we're running. An upgrade to version 6 is planned for later this year.ESXi = 5.1vCenter = 5.5SRM = 5.5 We are using Array based...
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Sorry, support is wrong on this. See these previous thread: Can SRM test failovers be performed if WAN connection is taken offline between sites? SRM supports running tests with the sites disconnected....
View ArticleRe: SRM Fail-over test - Pulling the plug
This was the last reply from VMware support. I asked what the process was to fail back if we were to sever communication between sites and then perform a Recover to the DR site. Thanks for the...
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