Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration
Updated Information
Overview of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
About Protected Sites and Recovery Sites
Array-Based Replication
Using vSphere Replication with SRM
SRM and vCenter Server
SRM Licensing
SRM Authentication
Requirements When Using Public Key Certificates with SRM
SRM Network Ports
Site Recovery Manager System Requirements
Operational Limits of SRM
Creating the SRM Database
Database Connection Information That SRM Requires
Configure Microsoft SQL Server for SRM
Configure Oracle Server for SRM
Configure DB2 Server for SRM
Create an ODBC System DSN for SRM
Upgrading SRM
Information That SRM Upgrade Preserves
Types of Upgrade that SRM Supports
Upgrading vSphere Replication
Upgrade SRM
Prepare for SRM Upgrade
Upgrade the SRM Server Without Migration
Upgrade the SRM Server with Migration
Upgrade the SRM Client Plug-In
Configure the Upgraded SRM Installation
Upgrade vSphere Replication
Upgrade vSphere Replication by Using vSphere Update Manager
Upgrade the vSphere Replication Management Server by Using the VAMI
Upgrade vSphere Replication Servers
Upgrade vSphere Replication Without Internet Access
Revert to a Previous Release of SRM
Installing SRM
Install the SRM Server
Install the SRM Client Plug-In
Connect to SRM
Connect the Protected and Recovery Sites
Install the SRM License Key
Modify the Installation of an SRM Server
Repair the Installation of an SRM Server
Configuring Array-Based Protection
Install Storage Replication Adapters
Configure Array Managers
Rescan Arrays to Detect Configuration Changes
Edit Array Managers
Installing vSphere Replication
Deploy the vSphere Replication Appliance
Configure vSphere Replication Connections
Reconfigure the vSphere Replication Appliance
Reconfigure General vSphere Replication Settings
Change the SSL Certificate of the vSphere Replication Appliance
vSphere Replication Certificate Verification
Requirements When Using a Public Key Certificate with vSphere Replication
Change the Password of the vSphere Replication Appliance
Configure vSphere Replication Network Settings
Configure vSphere Replication System Settings
Reconfigure vSphere Replication to Use an External Database
Supported Databases
Configure Microsoft SQL Server for vSphere Replication
Configure Oracle Server for vSphere Replication
Configure DB2 for vSphere Replication
Use the Embedded vSphere Replication Database
Deploy an Additional vSphere Replication Server
Reconfigure vSphere Replication Server Settings
Register an Additional vSphere Replication Server
Uninstall vSphere Replication
Unregister vSphere Replication from vCenter Server if the Appliance Was Deleted
Troubleshooting SRM Installation and Configuration
Cannot Restore SQL Database to a 32-Bit Target Virtual Machine During SRM Upgrade
SRM Server Does Not Start
vSphere Client Cannot Connect to SRM
Features Are Unavailable When Deploying the vSphere Replication Appliance
OVF Package is Invalid and Cannot be Deployed
vSphere Replication Appliance or vSphere Replication Server Does Not Deploy from the SRM Interface
Connection Errors Between vSphere Replication and SQL Server Cannot be Resolved
DB2 Databases for vSphere Replication Require User Temporary Tablespace
DB2 Databases for vSphere Replication Require System Temporary Tablespace with 16K Page Size
404 Error Message when Attempting to Pair vSphere Replication Appliances
vSphere Replication Service Fails with Unresolved Host Error
Increase the Memory of the vSphere Replication Server for Large Deployments
vSphere Replication Appliance Extension Cannot Be Deleted
Updated Information
Overview of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
About Protected Sites and Recovery Sites
Array-Based Replication
Using vSphere Replication with SRM
SRM and vCenter Server
SRM Licensing
SRM Authentication
Requirements When Using Public Key Certificates with SRM
SRM Network Ports
Site Recovery Manager System Requirements
Operational Limits of SRM
Creating the SRM Database
Database Connection Information That SRM Requires
Configure Microsoft SQL Server for SRM
Configure Oracle Server for SRM
Configure DB2 Server for SRM
Create an ODBC System DSN for SRM
Upgrading SRM
Information That SRM Upgrade Preserves
Types of Upgrade that SRM Supports
Upgrading vSphere Replication
Upgrade SRM
Prepare for SRM Upgrade
Upgrade the SRM Server Without Migration
Upgrade the SRM Server with Migration
Upgrade the SRM Client Plug-In
Configure the Upgraded SRM Installation
Upgrade vSphere Replication
Upgrade vSphere Replication by Using vSphere Update Manager
Upgrade the vSphere Replication Management Server by Using the VAMI
Upgrade vSphere Replication Servers
Upgrade vSphere Replication Without Internet Access
Revert to a Previous Release of SRM
Installing SRM
Install the SRM Server
Install the SRM Client Plug-In
Connect to SRM
Connect the Protected and Recovery Sites
Install the SRM License Key
Modify the Installation of an SRM Server
Repair the Installation of an SRM Server
Configuring Array-Based Protection
Install Storage Replication Adapters
Configure Array Managers
Rescan Arrays to Detect Configuration Changes
Edit Array Managers
Installing vSphere Replication
Deploy the vSphere Replication Appliance
Configure vSphere Replication Connections
Reconfigure the vSphere Replication Appliance
Reconfigure General vSphere Replication Settings
Change the SSL Certificate of the vSphere Replication Appliance
vSphere Replication Certificate Verification
Requirements When Using a Public Key Certificate with vSphere Replication
Change the Password of the vSphere Replication Appliance
Configure vSphere Replication Network Settings
Configure vSphere Replication System Settings
Reconfigure vSphere Replication to Use an External Database
Supported Databases
Configure Microsoft SQL Server for vSphere Replication
Configure Oracle Server for vSphere Replication
Configure DB2 for vSphere Replication
Use the Embedded vSphere Replication Database
Deploy an Additional vSphere Replication Server
Reconfigure vSphere Replication Server Settings
Register an Additional vSphere Replication Server
Uninstall vSphere Replication
Unregister vSphere Replication from vCenter Server if the Appliance Was Deleted
Troubleshooting SRM Installation and Configuration
Cannot Restore SQL Database to a 32-Bit Target Virtual Machine During SRM Upgrade
SRM Server Does Not Start
vSphere Client Cannot Connect to SRM
Features Are Unavailable When Deploying the vSphere Replication Appliance
OVF Package is Invalid and Cannot be Deployed
vSphere Replication Appliance or vSphere Replication Server Does Not Deploy from the SRM Interface
Connection Errors Between vSphere Replication and SQL Server Cannot be Resolved
DB2 Databases for vSphere Replication Require User Temporary Tablespace
DB2 Databases for vSphere Replication Require System Temporary Tablespace with 16K Page Size
404 Error Message when Attempting to Pair vSphere Replication Appliances
vSphere Replication Service Fails with Unresolved Host Error
Increase the Memory of the vSphere Replication Server for Large Deployments
vSphere Replication Appliance Extension Cannot Be Deleted
Site Recovery Manager Administration
Updated Information
SRM Privileges, Roles, and Permissions
How SRM Handles Permissions
Assign Roles and Permissions
SRM Roles Reference
vSphere Replication Roles Reference
Creating SRM Placeholders and Mappings
About Placeholder Virtual Machines
About Inventory Mappings
Select Inventory Mappings
About Placeholder Datastores
Configure a Placeholder Datastore
Configure Datastore Mappings for vSphere Replication
Replicating Virtual Machines
Configure Replication for a Single Virtual Machine
Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines
Replicate Virtual Machines Using Replication Seeds
Move a Virtual Machine to a New vSphere Replication Server
Creating Protection Groups
About Array-Based Protection Groups and Datastore Groups
How SRM Computes Datastore Groups
Create Array-Based Protection Groups
Edit Array-Based Protection Groups
Create vSphere Replication Protection Groups
Edit vSphere Replication Protection Groups
Apply Inventory Mappings to All Members of a Protection Group
Creating, Testing, and Running Recovery Plans
Testing a Recovery Plan
Test Networks and Datacenter Networks
Performing a Planned Migration or Disaster Recovery By Running a Recovery Plan
Running a Recovery with Forced Recovery
Differences Between Testing and Running a Recovery Plan
How SRM Interacts with DPM and DRS During Recovery
How SRM Interacts with vSphere High Availability
Protecting MSCS and Fault Tolerant Virtual Machines
Create, Test, and Run a Recovery Plan
Create a Recovery Plan
Edit a Recovery Plan
Suspend Virtual Machines When a Recovery Plan Runs
Test a Recovery Plan
Clean Up After Testing a Recovery Plan
Run a Recovery Plan
Cancel a Test or Recovery
Delete a Recovery Plan
Reprotecting Virtual Machines After a Recovery
How SRM Performs Reprotect
Preconditions for Performing Reprotect
Reprotect Virtual Machines
Reprotect States
Restoring the Pre-Recovery Site Configuration By Performing Failback
Perform a Failback
Customizing a Recovery Plan
Recovery Plan Steps
Specify the Recovery Priority of a Virtual Machine
Creating Custom Recovery Steps
Types of Custom Recovery Steps
How SRM Handles Custom Recovery Steps
Create Top-Level Command Steps
Create Top-Level Message Prompt Steps
Create Command Steps for Individual Virtual Machines
Create Message Prompt Steps for Individual Virtual Machines
Guidelines for Writing Command Steps
Environment Variables for Command Steps
Customize the Recovery of an Individual Virtual Machine
Customizing IP Properties for Virtual Machines
Customize IP Properties For an Individual Virtual Machine
Report IP Address Mappings for a Protection Group
Customizing IP Properties for Multiple Virtual Machines
Syntax of the DR IP Customizer Tool
Structure of the DR IP Customizer CSV File
Modifying the DR IP Customizer CSV File
Examples of DR IP Customizer CSV Files
Run DR IP Customizer to Customize IP Properties for Multiple Virtual Machines
Advanced SRM Configuration
Configure Protection for a Virtual Machine or Template
Configure Resource Mappings for a Virtual Machine
Specify a Nonreplicated Datastore for Swap Files
Recovering Virtual Machines Across Multiple Hosts on the Recovery Site
Resize Virtual Machine Disk Files During Replication Using Replication Seeds
Resize Virtual Machine Disk Files During Replication Without Using Replication Seeds
Reconfigure SRM Settings
Change Local Site Settings
Change Recovery Site Settings
Change Remote Site Settings
Change the Timeout for the Creation of Placeholder Virtual Machines
Change Storage Settings
Change Storage Provider Settings
Reconfigure Default Recovery Point Objective (RPO) in Replications
Modify Settings to Run Large SRM Environments
Settings for Large SRM Environments
Troubleshooting SRM Administration
Limitations to Protection and Recovery of Virtual Machines
SRM Events and Alarms
How SRM Monitors Connections Between Sites
Configure SRM Alarms
SRM Events Reference
Site Status Events
Protection Group Events
Recovery Events
Storage and Storage Provider Events
Licensing Events
Permissions Events
SNMP Traps
Collecting SRM Log Files
Collect SRM Log Files Using the vSphere Client
Collect SRM Log Files Manually
Change Size and Number of SRM Server Log Files
Access the vSphere Replication Logs
Manually Access the vSphere Replication Logs
Resolve SRM Operational Issues
SRM Doubles the Number of Backslashes in the Command Line When Running Callouts
Powering on Many Virtual Machines Simultaneously on the Recovery Site Can Lead to Errors
LVM.enableResignature=1 Remains Set After a SRM Test Failover
Adding Virtual Machines to a Protection Group Fails with an Unresolved Devices Error
Recovery Fails with a Timeout Error During Network Customization for Some Virtual Machines
Scalability Problems when Replicating Many Virtual Machines with a Short RPO to a Shared VMFS Datastore on ESXi Server 5.0
Application Quiescing Changes to File System Quiescing During vMotion to an Older Host
Reconfigure Replication on Virtual Machines with No Datastore Mapping
Configuring Replication Fails for Virtual Machines with Two Disks on Different Datastores
vSphere Replication RPO Violations
vSphere Replication Does Not Start After Moving the Host
Unexpected vSphere Replication Failure Results in a Generic Error
Updated Information
SRM Privileges, Roles, and Permissions
How SRM Handles Permissions
Assign Roles and Permissions
SRM Roles Reference
vSphere Replication Roles Reference
Creating SRM Placeholders and Mappings
About Placeholder Virtual Machines
About Inventory Mappings
Select Inventory Mappings
About Placeholder Datastores
Configure a Placeholder Datastore
Configure Datastore Mappings for vSphere Replication
Replicating Virtual Machines
Configure Replication for a Single Virtual Machine
Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines
Replicate Virtual Machines Using Replication Seeds
Move a Virtual Machine to a New vSphere Replication Server
Creating Protection Groups
About Array-Based Protection Groups and Datastore Groups
How SRM Computes Datastore Groups
Create Array-Based Protection Groups
Edit Array-Based Protection Groups
Create vSphere Replication Protection Groups
Edit vSphere Replication Protection Groups
Apply Inventory Mappings to All Members of a Protection Group
Creating, Testing, and Running Recovery Plans
Testing a Recovery Plan
Test Networks and Datacenter Networks
Performing a Planned Migration or Disaster Recovery By Running a Recovery Plan
Running a Recovery with Forced Recovery
Differences Between Testing and Running a Recovery Plan
How SRM Interacts with DPM and DRS During Recovery
How SRM Interacts with vSphere High Availability
Protecting MSCS and Fault Tolerant Virtual Machines
Create, Test, and Run a Recovery Plan
Create a Recovery Plan
Edit a Recovery Plan
Suspend Virtual Machines When a Recovery Plan Runs
Test a Recovery Plan
Clean Up After Testing a Recovery Plan
Run a Recovery Plan
Cancel a Test or Recovery
Delete a Recovery Plan
Reprotecting Virtual Machines After a Recovery
How SRM Performs Reprotect
Preconditions for Performing Reprotect
Reprotect Virtual Machines
Reprotect States
Restoring the Pre-Recovery Site Configuration By Performing Failback
Perform a Failback
Customizing a Recovery Plan
Recovery Plan Steps
Specify the Recovery Priority of a Virtual Machine
Creating Custom Recovery Steps
Types of Custom Recovery Steps
How SRM Handles Custom Recovery Steps
Create Top-Level Command Steps
Create Top-Level Message Prompt Steps
Create Command Steps for Individual Virtual Machines
Create Message Prompt Steps for Individual Virtual Machines
Guidelines for Writing Command Steps
Environment Variables for Command Steps
Customize the Recovery of an Individual Virtual Machine
Customizing IP Properties for Virtual Machines
Customize IP Properties For an Individual Virtual Machine
Report IP Address Mappings for a Protection Group
Customizing IP Properties for Multiple Virtual Machines
Syntax of the DR IP Customizer Tool
Structure of the DR IP Customizer CSV File
Modifying the DR IP Customizer CSV File
Examples of DR IP Customizer CSV Files
Run DR IP Customizer to Customize IP Properties for Multiple Virtual Machines
Advanced SRM Configuration
Configure Protection for a Virtual Machine or Template
Configure Resource Mappings for a Virtual Machine
Specify a Nonreplicated Datastore for Swap Files
Recovering Virtual Machines Across Multiple Hosts on the Recovery Site
Resize Virtual Machine Disk Files During Replication Using Replication Seeds
Resize Virtual Machine Disk Files During Replication Without Using Replication Seeds
Reconfigure SRM Settings
Change Local Site Settings
Change Recovery Site Settings
Change Remote Site Settings
Change the Timeout for the Creation of Placeholder Virtual Machines
Change Storage Settings
Change Storage Provider Settings
Reconfigure Default Recovery Point Objective (RPO) in Replications
Modify Settings to Run Large SRM Environments
Settings for Large SRM Environments
Troubleshooting SRM Administration
Limitations to Protection and Recovery of Virtual Machines
SRM Events and Alarms
How SRM Monitors Connections Between Sites
Configure SRM Alarms
SRM Events Reference
Site Status Events
Protection Group Events
Recovery Events
Storage and Storage Provider Events
Licensing Events
Permissions Events
SNMP Traps
Collecting SRM Log Files
Collect SRM Log Files Using the vSphere Client
Collect SRM Log Files Manually
Change Size and Number of SRM Server Log Files
Access the vSphere Replication Logs
Manually Access the vSphere Replication Logs
Resolve SRM Operational Issues
SRM Doubles the Number of Backslashes in the Command Line When Running Callouts
Powering on Many Virtual Machines Simultaneously on the Recovery Site Can Lead to Errors
LVM.enableResignature=1 Remains Set After a SRM Test Failover
Adding Virtual Machines to a Protection Group Fails with an Unresolved Devices Error
Recovery Fails with a Timeout Error During Network Customization for Some Virtual Machines
Scalability Problems when Replicating Many Virtual Machines with a Short RPO to a Shared VMFS Datastore on ESXi Server 5.0
Application Quiescing Changes to File System Quiescing During vMotion to an Older Host
Reconfigure Replication on Virtual Machines with No Datastore Mapping
Configuring Replication Fails for Virtual Machines with Two Disks on Different Datastores
vSphere Replication RPO Violations
vSphere Replication Does Not Start After Moving the Host
Unexpected vSphere Replication Failure Results in a Generic Error
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