Re: SRM 5.8 stating "No SRAs have been installed."
Hi, Are you by any chance using non-default installation directory for SRM (different from c:\program files\vmware\vmware vCenter Site Recovery Manager)? Best regradsStefan Tsonev
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Stefan, I just re-verified this, we are using the default installation path.
View ArticleRe: Issue with making storage writable on Recovery
I resolved this issue today. It turns out that the storage should not be mapped to the ESXi hosts at the recovery site. The User Guide for the SRA didn't have that at a configuration requirement....
View ArticleSRM 5.8 - Transparent Listing of Machines After a Test
Hi, I was hoping someone could answer this? I want to use SRM 5.8 in conjunction with EMC MirrorView for ABR. To see if this setup was "good", I had MirrorView replicate a single datastore which...
View ArticleRe: SRM 5.8 - Transparent Listing of Machines After a Test
The VMs listed on recovery site are the placeholder virtual machines and it is normal: About Placeholder Virtual Machines More about some vSphere icons: Troubleshooting bogus vCenter icons in VMware...
View ArticleDude where's my SRM 5.8 in vSphere Client? - Its in the Web Client
Hi Guys,VC5.5U2, SRM 5.8vSphere Client 5.5U2 Build 1993072I can't seem to find SRM in the vSphere Client. Under Plugins it says "Site Recovery Manager 5.8.0, No client side download is needed for this...
View ArticleRe: Dude where's my SRM 5.8 in vSphere Client? - Its in the Web Client
Hello sjmeyers, With version 5.8 SRM client is no longer in the C# vSphere Client. Please login to the WebClient and you will see the SRM icon there. Regrads,Nik
View ArticleSRM fails a planned migration
Hey guysI have a customer that fails his SRM planned migrations at point 5.1.2 Unable to unmount datastore "Generic name of datastore" which has vms on it: "generic vm name" which is the name of the vm...
View ArticleRe: SRM 5.8 - Transparent Listing of Machines After a Test
Also, you willget this placeholder VMs right after a Protection Group is created in SRM and VMs are protected. They are not an artifact of Test/Cleanup operation, but protection by SRMBest...
View ArticleRe: Remove SRM sites
Break Connection is the reverse of the pairing process. You can unpair two sites and create a different relationship. If you had a real disaster the original Protected Site might be lost. In this case,...
View ArticleRe: SRM fails a planned migration
What happens when you trigger recovery plan? If srm can not shutdown vm or another vm which is not related any recovery plan can cause that kind of problem. Because there is still io on that datastore...
View ArticleRe: SRM fails a planned migration
No this is not the case here.This is the only vm there as this is part of a test phase.Srm shuts the vm down the error message states that srm cannot put the volume to read only because its a vm...
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I see, Can you share your storage model and SRA version.
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Its a compellent sc8000 with the latest SRA from Dell.
View ArticleRe: SRM 5.8 - Transparent Listing of Machines After a Test
Thank you for both responses...
View ArticleCan SRM 5.1.2 run on Windows 2012 R2?
I can't seem to find any documentation that clearly states whether or not SRM can run on Windows 2012 R2. There are many implications that 2012 is supported, but never clearly states R2 is included,...
View ArticleRe: Can SRM 5.1.2 run on Windows 2012 R2?
Hello, The SRM 5.x is compatible with the same Host OS as vCenter 5.x: see Compatibility Matrixes for vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1 where this is stated: "SRM Server 5.1.x runs on the same Windows...
View ArticleRe: Can SRM 5.1.2 run on Windows 2012 R2?
I just want to make sure I understand this correctly. - If I am running on ESX 5.1 U1c, which does NOT support Windows 2012 R2 for vCenter, then I cannot run SRM 5.1.2 on Windows 2012 R2. - If...
View ArticleRe: Can SRM 5.1.2 run on Windows 2012 R2?
Yes, your statements are correct. If you are running SRM and/or vCenter on Windows 2012 in a VM on ESX 5.1 U1 you are in a non-supported configuration. So, yes, you need to first upgrade ESXi to 5.1 U2...
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And this is still applicable if SRM is on a separate server than vCenter? I assume that this practice is based on the assumption that vCenter and SRM will be on the same VM. Is it best practice to...
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