Re: Can SRM 5.1.2 run on Windows 2012 R2?
VMware recommends that in production SRM and vCenter are run on separate VMs. Running both in the same VM is better suited for Proof of Concept deployments. Best RegardsStefan Tsonev
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Stefan, I very much appreciate all of your responses very much. I have one final question. If it is recommended that they run on separate VM's, why do vCenter and SRM have the same OS requirements as...
View ArticleRe: Can SRM 5.1.2 run on Windows 2012 R2?
We are trying to be consistent. We've heard from customers that when products like vCenter and SRM have different compatibility matrices, it creates a lot of confusion. It prevents customers from...
View ArticleRe: Can SRM 5.1.2 run on Windows 2012 R2?
Thank you again for all your responses. They have been very helpful.
View ArticleRe: Dude where's my SRM 5.8 in vSphere Client? - Its in the Web Client
Thanks Nik,I did wonder if that was the case.Any chance you can add that to the doco?It does say that SRM is now in the Web Client but I couldn't find where is says it is no longer in the C#...
View ArticleRe: SRM + RecoverPoint EX ( 2 recover sites )
I'm in the same boat right now. It appears that even though the RecoverPoint/EX allows peering to multiple arrays, the SRA only queries the RP cluster for the 1st peer in the list, providing an...
View ArticleRe: Dude where's my SRM 5.8 in vSphere Client? - Its in the Web Client
Makes sense Steve. I will see what I can do. Thanks,Nik
View ArticleSRM APIs: Figuring out when a Recovery plan execution ends
While leveraging the SRM APIs, is there a way to find out when a Test failover or other operation completes when we run it using the Start method under Recovery?One option that I see is the...
View ArticleRe: SRM- Reprotect takes longer time
The Vmware reprotect is totally horrible it takes just as long as a initial sync, I had ZERO i say ZERO data change and it was using my full 100MBPS circuit for a good 45 minutes, when looking at our...
View ArticleRe: SRM APIs: Figuring out when a Recovery plan execution ends
Hello, here's awaythatI canthink of: You can wait the Recovery plan execution task to finish and after that execute RecoveryPlanGetInfo() method to verify what is the plan status (Test Complete,...
View ArticleVMware SRM Reprotect is Terrible!
Hi, Let me start by giving some context. WE use SRM 5.5 and ESXI 5.5. We have a 200MBPS dedicated fiber connection between sites. We are not using SAN replication instead using the vsphere...
View ArticleRe: Reprotect with vSphere replication
The problem is the checksum if your reprotect is hanging at 10% sign into the DR host that currently has the VM and run vim-cmd hbrsvc/vmreplica.getstate and then the vm number. This will show you...
View ArticleRe: VMware SRM Reprotect is Terrible!
Basically the checksum process takes forever for a 40GB VMDK its 40 minutes, VMware can't figure it out, basically told me flat out its normal and this is not an enterprise product.
View ArticleSRM APIs: Any APIs for Adding Array managers and Enabling array pairs
I've looked at the SRM 5.8 API spec, and can't seem to find any APIs for either adding an array manager or enabling an array pair.Haven't these APIs been implemented, or did I miss something?
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Also, any APIs to create recovery plans?
View ArticleRe: SRM APIs: Any APIs for Adding Array managers and Enabling array pairs
No, unfortunately these capabilities are not in the public API at the moment. Do you mind sharing what having these APIs would enable you to accomplish? Or in other words, how would you use them? To be...
View ArticleSRM APIs: How to specify if the Recovery operation must be Planned migration...
Is there any way using the SRM APIs to specify if we want a Planned Migration, or a Disaster Recovery during failover?Also, how exactly do we use the ListPrompts and AnswerPrompt APIs? Any examples...
View ArticleRe: SRM APIs: How to specify if the Recovery operation must be Planned...
Yes, you can specify a mode on method that Start recovery plan (test, cleanupTest, failover, reprotect, revert). You can find more information in our documentation for API ->...
View ArticleBug in SRM 5.8 related to count of PortGroups within a dvSwitch while...
Hi All, I found a bug in SRM 5.8 build 2056894 which was confirmed by VMware Support today.If you configure more than 18+1 PortGroups (VM PortGroups + Uplink PortGroup) SRM is not able to enumerate the...
View ArticleRe: SRM APIs: How to specify if the Recovery operation must be Planned...
Hi Daniel,The mode lets me choose between a test failover and a real failover.But on choosing a failover, how do I specify if I want to do a planned migration or a disaster recovery?In the GUI, this is...
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