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Re: srm install with different vcenter
No, the version of vCenter and SRM at the two sites needs to be the same (eg. 5.5 to 5.5, 6 to 6). It doesn't have to be the same minor version (eg. 5.5 u1 - 5.5 would be fine). See this for more...
View ArticleSRM - preserving IP address when failing over VM
Hello I have a query in relation to the SRM failover. We have an appliance which has the IP address of the VM hard coded, This appliance exist in both Site A (10.3.20.0/24) and Site B (10.2.20.0/24),...
View ArticleRe: SRM - preserving IP address when failing over VM
Hello,you have two options depends on your requirements and SRM version. First one is IP Subnet level IP customization which is implemented in SRM 5.8. You can find more information at: VMware vCenter...
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Like already stated on previous comment, the versions cannot be different (mixed), see: Prerequisites and Best Practices for Site Recovery Manager Server Installation Install the appropriate version of...
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Re: SRM - preserving IP address when failing over VM
By default the IP address (and all other characteristics of the VM: mac addr, name, etc) will be preserved. If you want the IP to be changed, as mentioned previously, SRM can do that for you.
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Delete protection groups
Hello I ran in to a issue with protection groups. I set up srm for two vm's. Fail over was success. But it failed to re-protect. Reason, there were corrupt replays on storage arrays. So reverse...
View ArticleNeed to regularly reconfigure pairing - by design?
SRM 6.1.1 build 38846202 SRM sites deployed/paired.vCenter 6.0 U2, build 3634794Single SSO domain, single SSO logical site.External PSC deployment model.Everything working fine, install went fine, but...
View ArticleRe: Need to regularly reconfigure pairing - by design?
That doesn't seem normal/by design and I wouldn't consider it expected. I have a similar configuration and I've never had to login or reconnect after the initial configuration. If you weren't using the...
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Re: Need to regularly reconfigure pairing - by design?
Thanks very much. I'll probably go ahead and open up a case.
View ArticleFailback with different recovery options than Failover
Hi. I have recovery plans that during failover will run a script to shutdown vm's in Protected datacentre, that are outside the protection of SRM (i.e. vm's that are not protected due to specific...
View ArticleRe: Failback with different recovery options than Failover
The only way I can see this working is that I'll need to edit the Recovery Plan before the failback. Not sure if that's the solution though.
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Re: Failback with different recovery options than Failover
You could have SRM call a script with the same name at the two sites that did the two different things. You could also look at using powercli to check the site name and run a different function...
View ArticleConfiguring different IP addresses for test as opposed to a recovery
Hi, First of all many thanks to all those that contribute to this community, this is my first post here..I have SRM configured with a test network which is different to the recovery network (required...
View ArticleRe: Configuring different IP addresses for test as opposed to a recovery
I think the only possibility is to use two different recovery plans with IP customization rules and to use one for test recovery and the other for a real recovery.I agree this is not a real nice...
View ArticleRe: Configuring different IP addresses for test as opposed to a recovery
Thanks erikverbruggen, VMware have just come back with the same responce, they are telling me 'in regards to configuring two plans with different IP configurations. For this to work in reverse it...
View ArticleRe: Configuring different IP addresses for test as opposed to a recovery
From the SRM documentation: "Site Recovery Manager uses the IP settings for the protection site after reprotect during the recovery or a test from the original recovery site to the original protection...
View ArticleRe: Configuring different IP addresses for test as opposed to a recovery
Many thanks erikverbruggen
View ArticleRe: Protection group not configured with Replicated RDM
Even I have same issue. Were you able to fix this issue?
View ArticleUnable to Protect RDM LUN
Hello I have a vm with two hard disks. When I tried to protect this vm on SRM, I see configuration error Hard disk 2: NOT REPLICATED. But I replicated it and also did re-scan on SRM. Even I can see it...
View ArticleRe: Reprotect fails with error
OK i know this is an old question but it still shows up when searching. I had this issue and it was solved by waiting - I left this issue overnight and when I tried it the next day the reprotect job...
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