Protection group not configured with Replicated RDM
I am trying to configure protection group having multiple volumes and VM's, one of those VM's have Raw Disk (RDM) attached to it, all VM's are configured properly for protection except the VM that is...
View ArticleReprotect fails with error
Hi, I'm setting up SRM and did a successful planned migration to the recovery site. Now I want to do a reprotect and do a recovery in the opposite direction.The reprotect fails with the following...
View ArticlePlan Recovery Issue
Hello, With reference to my previous post ;https://communities.vmware.com/message/2556721#2556721the Test Recovery went successfully but Plan Recovery generating some issues. The Recovery plan is...
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 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 ArticleSRM Reprotect is getting failed after recover to DR site
Dear All, I have a Vmware SRM LAB setup with SRM 5.1 and netapp Simulator 8.1.2. The setup is Implemented successfully and working fine. I tested and do the recovery to the DR site. Recovery works...
View ArticlePlanned Migration
Does storage snapshot still needed during planned migration?Or SRM will use the underlying SAN storage technology to accomplish this? SAN storage is being used is EMC VMAX and feature that being used...
View ArticlePowerCLI Roles / permissions SRM
Hey Guys, Any idea if you can add permissions to SRM sites via powercli? the SRM API's dont show any permissions. As of right now our environment isnt in ELM and i had to create a script that would...
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Target VM Location vs Taget File location
HiWhat is the different between Target VM Location vs Taget File location both ?
View ArticleFailback without bringing back changes
Hi. I know the standard workflow of a failover/failback: - Failover to Recovery Site- Reprotect (reverse replication to original Protected Site)- Failback (to original Protected Site)- Reprotect...
View ArticlePlanning on upgrading from SRM 5.5 to 6.0 u2
Assistance required for simple high level plan for the above, assuming all other parts are done ie ESXi is it a simple 1 step upgrade for do I hav eto go to 6.0, 6.1 etc etc
View ArticlevSphere Replication on a SAN STorage
Can I use vSphere Replication for SRM if my underlying SAN storage is using synchronous replication?
View ArticleSPPG in SRM 6.1
In SRM 6.1 when SPPG is used then what will happen if failback is triggered but before failback in Old recovery site few VM were created with the same policy that was the part of protection group. As...
View ArticleSRM with EMC VMAX
Can someone here provide some documents on the recommended configuration of VMware for EMC to make it work for SRM?I am talking about some used cases so I can compare this.Most of the configuration is...
View Articlereplication direction presented wrong
Hello all, Making good progress in my SRM environment.Proof of concept failovers are working flawlessly, gone back and forth several times without any issues. I did notice one thing that bothers...
View ArticleProblem with reprotecting VMs
Hello all, I am currently working on an implementation of SRM.My setup consists of Vmware SRM server build 3037005, vCenter 6.0, ESXi 6.0.0 and IBM Storwize Family Storage Replication Adapter. Pretty...
View ArticleCannot remove a deleted VM from protection group
Hello, I'm having trouble removing a VM from a SRM protection group. The VM has been deleted before removing from the protection group. The error is: Invalid: The VM is no longer protectedThis VM is...
View ArticleQuestion about reprotecting VM and data that gets replicated back
Hello,After completing a failover of, say, a 40GB virtual machine from site A to site B, if we choose to click on the reprotect button to reverse the replication back from site B to A, does SRM...
View ArticleWhat should I do if I lose the Network Connection between the two Sites?
I have a customer who asked me what happens when his MPLS goes down. I told him that he would have the most recent replication that has happened is what he would have to work with. since he will be...
View ArticleWhich PSC should the recovery site SRM node point to
Setup is as follows:vSphere 61 vcenter server (vcenter01) and 1 PSC (PSC01) at protected site1 vcenter server (vcenter02) and 1 PSC (PSC02) at recovery siteEach vcenter server is pointed at its own...
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