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• Limitation of simultaneous jobs for vSphere replication

  Is there a way to limit the simultaneous use configured in vSphere replication?  It seems that we can only configure Apr but not simultaneous/concurrent jobs ran.  We have problems of saturation of bandwidth and therefore would like to prioritize virtual machines get replicated on before others.

  
  Thank you.

  It is not a way to directly prioritize VMs with vSphere replication. VR plans dynamically replications to try to meet RPO for all VMs replicated so if you have a few virtual machines that are not met the RPO I would reduce your RPO settings. You might also take a look at the VR bandwidth calculator: http://www.vmware.com/vrcalculator and determine what your pipe can support parameters.

• Automate the network port group selection in vsphere replication

  Hi, when you use the vsphere replication tool to recover servers in the data center of DR, the tool does not gives option to select network settings. I have to manually add the port groups and turn on the system remotely vcenter. Is it possible to automate this process, when the replication of a major part of the vms ~ 100-150. I would like to know if there is another way to fix the process and avoid the manual load.

  I use replication of vsphere device version 5.8

  Thank you

  The only way to automate this process is through the Site Recovery Manager.  Automate and orchestrate BC/DR is a big part of the value offered by SRM. The other advantage is the ability to test your recovery plans without disruption of service.

  Does that answer your question?

• vSphere Replication options missing in 5.8.0.1 SRM

  In my lab, I have the following Setup and can not get any vSphere replication to be available within the SRM options.  Single table according to replication is an option.  I looked and looked for a solution and we tried everything I could think to get the options will appear and I had no luck so far.

  vcenter1 - 5.5 U2 windows install

  esxi1 - 5.5

  SRM1 - MRS. 5.8.0.1 (install file 5.8.0 - 2336305)

  vR1 - vSphere replication 5.8.0.1

  vcenter2 - 5.5 U2 windows install

  esxi2 - 5.5

  SRM2 - MRS. 5.8.0.1 (install file 5.8.0 - 2336305)

  vR2 - vSphere replication 5.8.0.1

  I started my lab tests by deploying the lefthand VSA with MRS.  Now, I'm moving on using SRM with replication of vSphere.  The steps I've taken since the tests on the left:

  Devices removed from Lefthand VSA

  Uninstalled SRM and chose to clear the contents of the database also

  Confirmed SRM is not displayed in the Web Client more

  VSphere installed a replication on both sites or set to 1 VM - replication is complete

  Installed SRM on the same servers as before and matching installation

  Market thought the SRM configuration theres no reference and no vSphere replication option.  There's also no mention of any SRM integration when in vSphere replication interface.  Now I remember to deploy the same configuration in 5.1 which gave vR deployment options in RS, but that was then.  Now, says the documentation, you're supposed to first deploy vR, which set up and deploy the SRM.  SRM then detects vR installation and I guess that, in theory, these display options. I checked the permissions and everything seems good.  My lab account is the account I use to save and install everything.  Fine RV, by MRS replication pairs, they do not know that they could work together.  I even reinstalled SRM again and confirmed the installation files have been correct on the interoperability matrix and everything seems good.  MRS. acts just like theres nothing, but the options table replication.  I think theres a version special MRS or vSphere replication, which is necessary for the two to work together, but I can't find any documentation on this topic.

  Help, please.  Thank you!

  Joe

  Hello

  Since 5.8 SRM and VR are decoupled. The only way to install vSphere replication is for download and by deploying the vSphere unit of replication.

  Once you do this, you should be able to right click on a virtual machine, and then select Configure replication. When replication is set up for at least a virtual computer, you can include it in a group of Protection of SRM. You can do this by going to SRM UI, select "create Protection Group and selecting"vSphere replication"replication type.»

  See: VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.8 Documentation Center

  Good luck

  Stefan

• vCloud Air Disaster Recovery - vSphere replication of specific records

  In the most recent documentation for vSphere replication, the ability to select specific disks when you replicate a single workload is described:

  Documentation Centre of vSphere 5.5

  However, in the videos of vCloud Air DR, this option is not currently available. Is - this specific to Air DR vCloud or some videos of previous versions?

  vCloud Air Disaster Recovery: configuration of the Virtual Machine replication - YouTube

  Answer: No.

  http://vjourneyman.com/replicating-to-vCloud-air-Dr

• Protection group virtual machines do not have consistent snapshop point in time using vSphere replication

  As the title, we feel when capturing instant timestamp for virtual machines in a protection group.

  Which means a group of database servers, applications, and others, when drill us test to start the virtual machines in the recovering site files timestamp in the virtual machines are varied.

  Snapshot work is executed simultaneously for all virtual machines in the group when planning replication hit? Or is it because certain virtual machines (like DB) speak more time to complete the snapshot so than others like apps VM completed early?

  Anyone hit this problem? We use vSphere replication instead of array based replication.

  Thanks /.

  Dylan

  Hello

  It is a behavior expected with current versions of vSphere replication - replication source host Scheduler is not aware of any grouping of virtual machines and starts the replica instance to meet the RPO requirements. The decision when to start a new instance is based on the time of loading and transfer to some of the previous instances.

  Multi-vm coherence is on the roadmap for a future release and will describe what exactly you address issues.

  If you use VR 5.5, you may use multiple points depending on the time (JEREMIAH) and after switching some of the old machines instances (represented by VM snapshots) to match the State of the other machines.

  Kind regards

  Martin

• How to change group policy for the system restore will create restore point

  I recently installed an SSD with windows 7, it's the default OS and hard drive on a system dual boot. I also have my old HHD with windows vista home premium. I had problems using the restore of the system with the SSD drive and read on a forum that the restoration of the system causes problems when it is used on an SSD. I have disable restoring the system to the SSD, but still he had checked to allow restoration on the vista disk and a 500 GB drive, I have use for storage.

  I managed to create a restore point when you are using windows 7 OS, but when I used my vista drive, and wanted to create additional restore points for two HHD disks, it does not allow the creation of restore points by group policy settings. I regularly create restore for the SSD disk and have created one for the HHD Vista since the system restore does not create additional restore points now.

  How can I change my group policy settings to enable restore points to create the disk under Vista. I don't remember changing anything that might have caused it, is there a chance that a horse of Trojan or virus caused this? I have Webroot antivirus and currently aired Kaspersky Anti-virus on Vista drive. I also ran the Microsoft safety scanner in safe mode and normal startup mode, none of the virus scanners have found problems, so I'm pretty sure I don't have a Trojan or a virus.

  To the point, how to make appropriate changes to allow the restoration of the system to work for my two HHD disks.  Better yet is there a way to restore completely all original windows default system settings without having to do a clean reinstall.

  You can provide any help would be greatly appreciated

  Thank you

  Skyraider 33

  Hello

  You receive an error message when creating a new system for Windows vista restore point?

  Using the Group Policy Editor

  If your edition of Windows Vista includes the Group Policy Editor (gpedit.msc) snap-in,

  Follow these steps:

  1. Click Start, type gpedit.msc and press ENTER
  2. go to the following branch: Computer Configuration | Administrative templates | System | System restore
  3. double click on disable the Configuration and set it to not configured.
  Note: If the above setting is already set to not configured, set it to "Enabled" and click on apply. Return back the setting to not configured, then click on apply, OK.
  4. exit the Group Policy Editor.

  If using the Group Policy Editor do not fix the problem, try the registry fix from the following.

  Note: Serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click on the number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/322756

  Using the registry editor

  1. Click Start, type regedit.exe and press ENTER
  2. navigate to the following key:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-Software-policies-Microsoft-Windows NT------SystemRestore
  3. in the right pane, delete the value named DisableConfig
  4. exit the registry editor.

• I currently have a creative cloud with an e-mail account, however I have a behance with an e-mail account that I have had for many years (even Adobe and Behance made before part of the same group). Can I combine these two accounts into one?

  I currently have a creative cloud with an e-mail account, however I have a behance with an e-mail account that I have had for many years (even Adobe and Behance made before part of the same group). Can I combine these two accounts into one? I want to use the account that I pay cloud Creative if I can use the new portfolio feature.

  Thank you.

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• Can I use vSphere replication for VMs on a logical unit number that is doing table replication to DR site

  Hi guys, could not find the answer on any Docs/KBs. With the implementation of normal SRM, I know you can use a mixture of the two, while a virtual machine is not protected by the table and vR.

  I need to make a site of NEW Dr. C while maintaining the current Bay of NETAPP on protection SRM of Site B.

  Will this be an approach to support? Step 0 is required?

  0 > get my guys to storage to stop replication on LUN - XYZ table (IF ANY) on

  1 > delete virtual machines on LUN XYZ of SRM existing Protection groups.

  2 > use vSphere replication to replicate the VMs who live on the LUN - XYZ

  3 > repeat the process until all LUNS have been treated like that.

  It should work without problem. I would recommend just a change in order to:

  1 (also remove the logic of the PG unit number), 0, 2, 3

  If you want to leave the computer on the same LUN virtual then step 0 is not necessary, but recommended (see below). If want to let the replication logic unit number and can just svmotion the VM, which would work as well.

  From a data protection perspective, as long as you understand the potential complications, I recommend you actually starting with step 2. Technically, you don't want to not have the same virtual machine reproduced several times, in this case since you are in transition, and if you understand that retrieve the VM using a method will break the other, and you can not the virtual machine protection with the two (VR & ABR) in SRM, you should be ok.

  Hope it makes sense. If this is not the case, let me know.

• Requirements for vSphere remote site replication

  I run 3 Enterprise 5.5 x vSphere hosts in A Site with vCenter.   I want to add a new host in a remote site and configure vSphere replication between them.  Issues related to the:

  • Do I need to vCenter in slot 2?
  • If vCenter Site of A is the Site management and hosts of the Site B and Site A goes down, vSphere replicated VMs can be restarted to Site B without problem?
  • Is there a risk to not have a vCenter dedicated to Site B on the changeover plan?

  Thank you

  -Matt

  Hello

  (A) If you have vCenter in slot 2, you will need to deploy device VR and match two VR UI sites.

  In the case where something happens to site A, losing vCenter and/or VR device, you can use vCenter and VR device to site B to perform a recovery after disaster and put in place the VMS to site B, inside of vCenter inventory B.

  (B) If you have no server vCenter in slot 2:

  1. There is no need to deploy handset unit of VR (embedded DB for server VRMS + VR + VRMS) for site B.

  2. you can deploy additional device VR-server only for site B, so that the replication traffic goes directly from the source ESXi to the correct server in VR.

  3. If the disaster arrives at the site, you must have vCenter Server and VRM in the combined unit of VR upward and running order to use the VR UI to perform a disaster recovery. If vCenter Server or VRMS manage warehouses of data target is corrupted/lost, the only way to recover after a disaster is to consolidate recovery replica logs manually rename and replicated configuration files and hope that consolidated records represent a coherent source VM instance. This procedure is subject, not officially supported, and care must be taken when building the redo logs, in order to ensure the consistency of the data in the disks of the virtual machine, not some partial block updates.

  Kind regards

  Martin

• Don't vSphere replication create control points which can be selected during the failover?

  Don't vSphere replication create control points which can be selected during the failover?  Or is the latest version of replication, the only option to failover?

  Thank you

  -MattG

  No, this isn't

  You CAN do this with EMC RecoverPoint (although not on a per VM level).

• vSphere replication - unidirectional replication

  
  Hello.

  I was wondering if someone could please shed some light on a question that I have in relation to vSphere replication and unidirectional replication that I am struggling to find all related documentation.

  We have two sites hosting a cluster ESXi 5.0 on each site. I've set up vSphere replication between the two groups reproducing a number of virtual machines from Site B to Site A. Virtual machines are, fortunately, replication between sites, but I am now at a point where I want to stop replication and use virtual machines to the Site. I don't want to reproduce back to Site B, even disaster.

  I created a Protection Group and a Recovery Plan and successfully migrated a test of the virtual machine to the Site I have is no longer necessary for replication, or the copy of the virtual machine to Site B. I have loked "Remove replication" on the virtual machine, but according as I read this will actually delete the virtual machine at the replicate site , that is, Site A (where I want now, run the virtual machine of).

  How can I better remove replication without destryoing the Site A virtual machine? Can I just delete the virtual machine on Site B from the disk?

  Any help would be appreciated.

  See you soon

  Hello

  If you got your virtual machines from site B to site A, then you can remove safely from the replication using the button to delete the replication. This will simply erase your replication. It will not remove the VMs running at the site has recovered.

• vSphere replication seeding

  Hi guys,.

  Basically the standard way to do a seed must turn off the virtual machine on the source site, make a copy of it and then she picks up on the site of DR to put it on a data store and the replication source site VM instance point to posterity.

  My question is rather than this cant you just use a POS/Veeam backup restore on the target site, itll be a bit outdated and replication of vSphere point to that?

  I take its probably not possible, I'm sure he would have been on the internet somewhere, if not I'm curious as to why not?

  See you soon,.

  Bilal

  vSphere replication requires that source and target UUID drives match. When restoring machines virtual/VMDK POS, Veeam, etc., restored disks get new UUID. You can manually change the UUID of each restored disc, but it's a little heavy. See this FAQ for more information: vSphere replication frequently asked Questions (FAQ) - the current version of this doc has moved to: https://storagehub.vmware.com/#! / vsphere-replication/vsphere-replication-faq

• Unable to deploy vSphere replication

  Hi people,

  I am studying towards my VCP 5.5 so please forgive me if I am ignorant even at some of the basics.

  I want to experiment a bit with the replication of vSphere in my lab at home and I am struck because I can't download/deploy the right thing.

  Study material said that it should be deployed as an appliance virtual fron an OVA/OVF file.
  then I tried to locate the latest 5.5 of vSphere replication subversion and I just this one:

  https://my.VMware.com/group/VMware/details?downloadGroup=VR5121_OSS & ProductID = 285

  That one did not work since I couldn't unpack the tar.gz on Windows file (tried with 7zip and Total Commander). So I downloaded some

  version 5.5 which I could decompress successfully but it contains a lot of RPM files, and I can't go any further.

  I also tried to Search Administration guide of replication on the vSphere deployment process

  1. connect to the vSphere Web Client on the source site.

  2select vCenter > hosts and Clusters.

  3 right-click a host and select deploy OVF model.

  4. specify the location of the file OVF in which you want to deploy the unit of replication vSphere and click Next.

  -Select the URL and enter the URL to deploy the unit from a URL online.

  -Select the Local file: Browse to locate the file .ovf if you have downloaded the zip on a local computer.

  So what now?

  Hello

  VR 5.8.x and 5.5.x is compatible with vCenter 5.5.x.

  Following the links on vmware.com, here's the download pages:

  RV 5.8.x:

  https://my.VMware.com/Web/VMware/details?downloadGroup=VR5802&ProductID=353&rPId=7710

  RV 5.5.x:

  https://my.VMware.com/Web/VMware/details?ProductID=353&rPId=7710&downloadGroup=VR5514

  The .zip file contains the .ovfs (of the unit combined VR and VR-Server device only) and two .vmdks.

  The .iso image files are the same and in addition .rpms focused on the CDROM to upgrade from previous versions.

  THE OSS. tar.gz file you found are the sources of packages based OS and other open source / third-party packages, including license requires VMware publish their sources along with RV parts.

  Kind regards

  Martin

• with vSphere replication to replicate vCenter Server in a VM

  Hi guys,.

  I am trying to find some info on this. I currently have vCenter 5.5 running on a Windows 2008 R2 VM server. I was wondering can I use replication to replicate it in some shared storage for backup purposes, and if I had to lose it could I recover and this and be good to go? He runs a database integrated. or is it as AD/SQL/Exchange and in general you shouldn't use replication or something of the sort for them.

  Also, if I have reproduced on the recovering site, I could pick it up and re protect him using MRS. and migrate to the main site once I had everything back up and restart? Is there a difference if I ran the vCenter device instead of the version of Windows inside a virtual machine?

  My apologies if this has been answered before that somewhere, it just went through my mind randomly and Googling gives me really a lot of results, so if its been answered somewhere, please point me in that direction.

  Hello

  vSphere replication requires vCenter to function, you cannot use VR to protect it that you wouldn't have a way to recover, unless it has been replicated on a different vCenter (whereby it might be recovered, but only inside the other vCenter) or if it has been managed by a different vCenter.

  If you are in the second option, where you have a vCenter management appliance RV, and you have an another vCenter, so yes, you can use RS in this model to protect and auto restore your internal vCenter.

  No difference in the functionality between vCA and windows version of vCenter.

  As for your statement: "or is it as AD/SQL/Exchange and in general you shouldn't use replication or something of the sort for them."

  -vSphere replication supports VSS suspension

  -I'm Okay I wouldn't recommend AD replication (SQL and Exchange or if you can use the built in replication at the application level)

  -If you can not however, most modern applications work very well in a consistent state of crash (VR normal replication) and the rest works with VSS

  Hope that answers your questions