Midsize (v7000, ibm) and SRM

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• IBM midsize v7000, VAAI and storage plugin

  I'm trying to understand what kind of support does the IBM midsize v7000 to NOTTM.

  It seems that only the primitive VAAI 'zero block' is supported, but it requires the vmw_vaaip_t10 plugin to do this.

  Apparently, even though I am familiar with storage and vmware I never need to use a plugin for different than default storage, even if I saw it several times when I change the path failover strategy I have never studied on how to change it.

  Can someone confirm my conclusions on IBM midsize v7000?

  If they are correct, do you know if supporting the other two primitives of VAAI in the roadmap?

  Can someone tell how can I change the plugin to mw_vaaip_t10 and if and how this has effects on the strategy of path failover?

  Thank you in advance.

  Primitive VAAI 'Reduction to zero of the blocks' is supported with vmw_vaaip_t10 plugin.

  I have no idea of the roadmap VAAI

  To configure NOTTM for IBM statements using the VMW_VAAI_T10 plug-in, use the following sequence of commands:
  # esxcli corestorage claimrule add - claimrule-class = filter - plugin = VAAI_FILTER - type = vendor - seller = IBM - autoassign
  # esxcli corestorage claimrule add - claimrule-class = VAAI - plugin = VMW_VAAI_T10 - type = vendor - seller = IBM - autoassign
  # esxcli corestorage claimrule - claimrule-load class = filter
  # esxcli corestorage claimrule - claimrule-class of load = VAAI
  # esxcli corestorage claimrule run - claimrule-class = filter

  This is not an effect on the path failover policy.

  Do it me know that responds to your request or you need more information?

  Kind regards

  Satya

• SRM with IBM midsize V7000

  Hello!

  Please help me to solve the problem:

  While I run the test of the recovery plan, I got an error:

  Prepare for Test storage: information about the recoverable error reported during execution of the SRA: failed to create a snapshot of lun.

  Some information about my infrastructure:

  SiteA:

  vCenter 4.1 U1

  ESX 4.1 U1

  SRM 4.1.1

  SRA - IBMSVCSRA_v1.20.10713

  IBM midsize V7000 - (6.1.0.7 Firmware version)

  SiteB:

  vCenter 4.1 U1

  ESX 4.1 U1

  SRM 4.1.1

  SRA - IBMSVCSRA_v1.20.10713

  IBM midsize V7000 - (6.1.0.7 Firmware version)

  Use this guide to set up RS: http://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP101765

  DatastoreA replicated to SiteB to SiteA (used Global Mirror - asyhronious replication). Replication status: synchronized coherent.

  Beautiful work of connection between the SRM, Array Manager on SiteA servers configured successfully, Array Manager Configuration SiteB completed with WARNING: cannot display the data store groups. Replicated devices could not be matched with warehouses of data in the inventory, the inventory on SiteA configured successfully mapping, inventory Mapping on unconfigured SiteB, stimulus package on SiteB created successfully.

  Replicated LUNS mapped to ESX on SiteB. In the storage adapters (vSphere Client) configuration window that LUN is listed as a device, but VMFS replica LUNS do not appear in the windows of storage as data store configuration.

  Logfile of attachment of the SRM.

  Thanks for your help!

  Hello

  I have no experience with IBM Storage, but replicated LUN must not be mapped to the ESX host on the recovering site (site B). SRM should do the mapping when you perform a failover (or create and map the snapshots when test).

  Check again your configuration of the SRA. I think you missed something.

  Michael.

• Deployment of Oracle 11g RAC Release 2 with IBM midsize V7000

  At and deployment 11g rac with IBM midsize V7000 san with aix 6.1
  Is this possible using Oracle CRS without going to the OS like GPFS cluster

  lbn76 wrote:
  At and deployment 11g rac with IBM midsize V7000 san with aix 6.1
  Is this possible using Oracle CRS without going to the OS like GPFS cluster

  Oracle Grid these days use ASM starts for vote and register files storage. So no need for a cooked cluster file system that must be mounted by all nodes. No need either directly with a gross storage logical unit number.

  ASM uses the LUN of the matrix of storage/SAN directly (as devices of rough blocks).

  Generally however, there are several I/O paths to that LUN on the SAN - in which case there is more than 1 device level o/s for this LUN. Multipath driver s/w addresses this and creates a logical (and redundant) device that sits at the top of several devices of i/o path to the level of the o/s.

  You configure ASM to use devices of paths multiples (as devices of rough blocks) - and applying exterrnal, normal or high redundancy necessary when creating starts on these logical multipath devices.

  The grid s/w and RAC database instances can then use ASM starts as cluster storage.

  This makes storage much easier layer management - and also provide a number of useful features too.

  This is also the approach recommended by Oracle Corp. for RAC - use ASM under the layer of management of storage between storage LUNS in the table and one side and CARS on the other.

• SRM5.1 / midsize V7000 6.4.1.4 command not supported: [discoverArrays]

  Hi all

  Production site:

  IBM midsize V7000 and FW level: 6.4.1.4

  SRM worm: VMware-srm - 5.1.1 - 1082082

  SRA: IBMSVCSRA_v2.2.0.130422

  IP: 192.168.70.50

  vCenter 5.1 U1

  Recovery site:

  IBM midsize V7000 and FW level: 6.4.1.4

  SRM worm: VMware-srm - 5.1.1 - 1082082

  SRA: IBMSVCSRA_v2.2.0.130422

  IP: 192.168.70.60

  vCenter 5.1 U1

  When I try to add the table then this error has occurred

  SRA command 'discoverArrays' failed. Invalid ID Array.

  Refer to IBM SAN Volume Controller troubleshooting

  And the SRM journal is attached.

  But I see this part of the newspaper.

  Sorry for the bad English.

  --> < name > discoverArrays < / name >

  --> < OutputFile > C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-output-12-119 < / OutputFile >

  --> < StatusFile > C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-13-225 < / StatusFile >

  --> < LogLevel > verbose < / LogLevel >

  --> < LogDirectory > vCenter Site Recovery Manager\Logs\SRAs\IBMSVC C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware < / LogDirectory >

  --> < connection >

  --> < login id 'primary' = >

  --> < address >

  --> < code address = 'spA' > 192.168.70.50:5989 < / address >

  --> < code address = "spB" > 192.168.70.60:5989 < / address >

  --> < / book >

  --> < username > * < / username >

  --> < password > * < / password >

  --> < / connection >

  --> < / connections >

  --> < / order >

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:33.395 + 03:00 [02020 'SysCommandWin32' verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] from process: "C:\Program VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\external\perl-5.14.2\bin\perl.exe" "C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager/storage/sra/IBMSVC/command.pl.

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:33.395 + 03:00 [02020 'SraCommand' verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] reset SRA command timeout for '300' seconds in the future

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:33.395 + 03:00 [02020 'SraCommand' verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] listening to updates to the file 'C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-13-225 '.

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:33.395 + 03:00 [02020 verbose "PropertyProvider" opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] ASSIGN RecordOp: info.progress, dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager1

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:33.441 + 03:00 [02444 'DrTask' verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] created task VC 'com.vmware.vcDr.dr.storage.StorageManager.createArrayManager:task - 3901'

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 info 'SraCommand' opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] stdout of discoverArrays:

  -> discoverArrays

  -> By Haz 20 14:34:33.909: [Info] the execution Module [constant] Inatall path: [C:\Program VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager\storage\sra\IBMSVC\]

  -> By Haz 20 14:34:33.909: name of SRA for the [constant] runtime [Info]: [IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller adapter for VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager] uuid: version [38295F72-F7D0-4A0F-B8D4-FF9821AB2675]: [2.2.0.130422]

  -> By Haz 20 14:34:34.19: file commandName for the runtime [SRARunner] [info]: [discoverArrays]

  -> By Haz 20 14:34:34.19: runtime [SRARunner] logLevel [verbose]: [comments]

  -> By Haz 20 14:34:34.34: Module enforcement [verbose] [SRARunner] output file: [C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-output-12-119]

  --> 14:34:34.34 by Haz 20: [fatal] runtime [SRARunner] command not supported: [discoverArrays]

  ->

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 error 'SraCommand' opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] stderr of discoverArrays:

  -> com.ibm.cstl.hsg.sra.svc.SRAException: command unsupported: [discoverArrays]

  -> to the com.ibm.cstl.hsg.sra.svc.SRARunner.execute(SRARunner.java:100)

  -> to the com.ibm.cstl.hsg.sra.svc.SRARunner.main(SRARunner.java:173)

  ->

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 "SraCommand" verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] Stopped listening to updates of file 'C:\Windows\TEMP\vmware-SYSTEM\sra-status-13-225 '.

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 "SraCommand" verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] cancelling SRA command timeout

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 info 'SraCommand' opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] discoverArrays came out with exit code 0

  2013 06-20 T 14: 34:34.065 + 03:00 [01496 "SraCommand" verbose opID = 258F28AC-0000001 has] discoverArrays responded with:

  --> <? XML version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"? >

  "--> < response xmlns ="http://www.vmware.com/srm/sra/v2">."

  --> < error code = "4" / >

  --> < / answer >

  I solved this problem.

  The problem was MRS. Server intalled on the regional settings of Windows Server 2008 R2.

  My locale of the server was Turkish, when I install MRS I changed to English and installed.

  Finally, I reinstall Windows Server 2008 R2 full English for the United States settings after installed SRM.

  It has been worked.

• What is the difference between IBM and Lenovo?

  I notice my laptop Lenovo is built in a very high quality all the same way as IBM laptop has accustomed us before

  Is IBM and lenovo a company now or different? Who bought whom?

  And companies are engineers of?

  Bought Lenovo IBM

  which means the companies IBM and r Eng now property of Lenovo

• Access IBM and Fn + F5 button does not work in T41

  After reformatting, including the partition of the funds and the installation of winxp, my "Access IBM" and press "Fn + F5" for dialogue does not show.

  allows only without showing any dialog of ON, OFF.

  Hi haideruet,

  To make it work, you need power as Power Management & Power Manager, features Hokey and drivers Access IBM online user's Guide. Some of the old drivers must be run twice, their configurations get pulled to C:\Drivers... then make sure you run the installer from the documents mentioned too.

  Drivers are located here: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/research/hints-or-tips/detail.page?&LegacyDocID=MIGR-46258

  I hope this helps.

• Question of NetApp and SRM

  Hello

  We have a main and remote site and SRM with 2 6080 NETapp helps snapmirror for replication of 2 volumes.

  Used SRM ver 1.0.0

  ESX 3.5u1

  Everything seems to work properly, but during the wizaed Array Manager when to get us to the last screen and restart the analysis for arrays there not all tables in repicated.

  NetApp admin has checked the 2 LUNS are being replicated.

  We have a virtual machine running on each replicated LUN.

  Look at the journal suggests he sees 1 2 tables being replicated, but it does not appear.

  Here's what I think is the relevant section of the newspaper. Any help would be appreciated.

  The complete log file is attached.

  Found 1 replicated pairs of LUNS

  Find replica LUNs:

  {(dr.san.Lun)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  Info = {(dr.san.Lun.Info)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  arrayId = "BIS-NETAPP6080-1."

  ID = "/ flight/bri_vm_vol200/lun01,"

  WWN = & lt; unset & gt;

  number = [(dr.san.Lun.Number)

  {(dr.san.Lun.Number)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  value = 200,

  initiatorGroupId = "bis - srm01.corp.int."

  targetId = & lt; unset & gt;

  }

  ],

  consistencyGroupId = & lt; unset & gt;

  },

  peerInfo = {(dr.san.Lun.PeerInfo)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  arrayKey = "NB-NETAPP6080-1."

  lunKey = ' / flight/nbdr_vm_vol200/lun01, "

  },

  }

  No lun group established since there is no storage of replicated data

  Hello

  Newspaper SRM attached at the beginning of the thread, I see datastore PROD-SRM01 with vmhba1:0:200 a measure corresponding to the 200 device with

  Initiator ID: 50:06:0 b: 00:00:6 b: 1 b: 54

  Number: 200

  target ID: 50:0's: 09:88:87:69:82:a1

  Target ID matches one of the storage ports returned by the ASR:

  Could you check volume access definitions on the Board? What initiator includes the volume is actually raised before?

  -Masha

• vROPs and SRM - protected Machines and placeholder VMs have different guest free space operating system

  Hi all

  Question: Home - health - screen 'one or more machines virtual comments file systems are running out of disk space' has different values for MRS. protect VMs and VMs placeholder.

  Someone has to meet a gap with machines SRM protected value of free space of different OS comments that the position expressed VM?   I've been enforcing a cleaning of the guests with < 5% free space.  When we clean up the comments, the alert is cleared almost immediately on the VM protégé (power on), but the position expressed VM is never a present according to vROPs value.

  Is this a known issue? Is the problem with SRM or vROPs.  Are the vCenters related with MRS supported?

  I'm under vRops 6.2.0.3528905 build 3528905.  We use array based replication and have a GB link between sites.  Replication occurs in less than 5 minutes, so this shouldn't be a problem.  I can still see the question once a day and VMS space have yet to synchronize or to get close in value to their counterpart protect VM.

  Thank you

  Luis C.

  So after a discussion with the SRM team and vRealize Operations Manager, has identified vRealize treated VMs placeholder as ordinary VMs.   The interesting thing is that when a failover test is running that hard drives are connected to the VM placeholder.  All the information from disk are ingested in the vCenter site recovery.   Later this was my problem.  I had to open a feature request.  If any of you are in the same boat please do the same so they'll add logic in to MRS.   At the moment my solution was to create a dynamic group for turning off VMs and join the dynamic group to a policy with disabled alarms.

• vCenter licenses and SRM

  Our Production site has a vCenter Essentials more and 50 protected workloads SRM.

  Our DR site has a vCenter Essentials.

  One of our workloads protected the site of Prod is the vCenter server.

  What happens with the function defined for vCenter server Prod, when a failover to the DR site certified with vCenter Essentials?

  We will not be able to use features such as vMotion, or all of the features will follow fail it on?

  We understand that we cannot protect running any virtual machine on the site of DR using vCenter Essentials.

  Thank you

  Hello

  No, you would not be able to use features that are not compatible with the editions of VMware.

  

• Using CA signed CERT on 5.5U2 device and SRM 5.8 vCenter (vPostgres)

  Updated all our vCenters to 5.5U2.  Also upgraded to the latest Vsphere replication as well. No problems.  Everything works fine.

  Tried to (re) install with 5.8 SRM components

  A site uses Windows vCenter, and upgrade went well, using P12 CA cert signed during installation.

  Another site using Vcenter device.  When you install SRM 5.8 and p12 cert, receive the following:

  ---

  Could not validate the certificate:

  Details:

  VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager of the customer are not approved by vCenter Server.

  ---

  and unable to continue

  Tried to install the intermediate certificate on the host Windows SRM.  Also tried to add the intermediate certificate in the P12 cert but the message on the cert is not wrong.

  Think it's something to do with the intermediate cert not given on the server vCenter, so unable to completely validate the cert chain.  Do not know if this can be installed on vCenter device is able to validate the string in this way.

  Recorded a call about that, but I was wondering if anyone has encountered this and that she might have a work around.

  Hi Joel,

  To put done SRM trust certificates in vCenter Server, you must do the following:

  1 copy the cert CA (not sure if only the intermediary would be enough or the entire string) file in/etc/ssl/certs in Vcenter device

  2. run c_rehash in Vcenter device console

  Kind regards

  Asen

• PowerCLI 5.5 R2 and SRM - how to check the status of a Recovery Plan?

  I need to write a script that will examine the current status (apparently called a "RunMode") of a Recovery Plan, is the appropriate status (1 = Test, 3 = cleaning), then get a list of all virtual machines in a suitable specific folder and they will light up (wait 15 seconds between move them on to the next). There are reasons why the Recovery Plan cannot be responsible to do, so why do I need to write a script (the reasons have nothing to do with PowerCLI). And I have problems with the first part, determination of status.

  I have this (I won pretty well most of this pure and simple of the blog of Ken Werneburg. Thank you, Ken!) :

  $DR_vCenter = "xxxxxx".

  $SRM = connect-SrmServer-Server $DR_vCenter

  $SRM_API = $SRM. ExtensionData

  $PlanMoRef = $SRM_API. . Moref Recovery.ListPlans () [2]

  (My plan is #2, others their test plans. I checked this by looking at the name of each plan. And all the good things I want is in this 'moref,"apparently...)

  $HistoryMoRef = $SRM_API. Recovery.GetHistory ($PlanMoRef)

  (it's the history of the races of this plan. Here it is the story of the last race)

  $HistoryMoRef.GetRecoveryResult (1)

  
  

  Key: 68835

  Plan: VMware.VimAutomation.Srm.Views.SrmRecoveryPlan

  Name: Recovery_Plan_PHA

  Description:

  StartTime: 15/07/2014 11:03:15

  StopTime: 15/07/2014 11:09:29

  ExecutionTimeInSeconds: 374

  TotalPausedTimeInSeconds: 0

  ResultState: success

  RunMode: CleanupTest

  WarningCount: 0

  ErrorCount: 0

  SO: I understand how to get the history of the plan that I want, and it's more progress. The problem I have is that if the RunMode is a specific value (either "Test" or "Failover", then I need to launch other actions (power of virtual machines.) And I can't seem to do. «$HistoryMoRef.GetRecoveryResult (1).» RunMode"is empty return. I don't know how it is that the value of "CleanupTest".

  How can I query the RunMode, to see if it is a value which I am interested in?

  $HistoryMoRef.GetRecoveryResult (1) | GM

  
  

  TypeName: VMware.VimAutomation.Srm.Views.SrmRecoveryResult

  
  

  Name MemberType definition

  ----                     ---------- ----------

  Equals method Boolean Equals (System.Object, obj)

  GetHashCode method int GetHashCode()

  Type of the method GetType GetType()

  String the ToString ToString() method

  Description property System.String Description {get; set ;}}

  ErrorCount property System.Int32 ErrorCount {get; set ;}}

  ExecutionTimeInSeconds property System.Int64 ExecutionTimeInSeconds {get; set ;}}

  Key key of System.Int32 property {get; set ;}}

  Property System.String name {get; set ;}}

  Plan of property VMware.VimAutomation.Srm.Views.SrmRecoveryPlan {get; set ;}}

  ResultState property VMware.VimAutomation.Srm.Views.SrmRecoveryResultResultState ResultState {get; set ;}}

  RunMode property VMware.VimAutomation.Srm.Views.SrmRecoveryPlanRecoveryMode RunMode {get; set ;}}

  StartTime property System.DateTime StartTime {get; set ;}}

  StopTime property System.DateTime StopTime {get; set ;}}

  TotalPausedTimeInSeconds property System.Int64 TotalPausedTimeInSeconds {get; set ;}}

  WarningCount property System.Int32 WarningCount {get; set ;}}

  Thank you

  Well, I managed to reproduce the problem and to understand what might happen.

  First the error "you can not call a method on an expression evaluated to null." seems to be linked to the "Write-Output"PG ="$pg" line. When I remove the error to go away (I'm not a person of PowerShell so don't know why this is the case).

  The second error (not not being filled seems to be linked to how they make the connection virtual computers SRM.) Specifically, you will need to establish the connection of VC and then do SRM login without specifying the SRM server, let that be determined by searching the SRM recorded with the VC you are connected to.

  The following code worked in my environment when it is connected to the protected so site full of hope that it will work for you as well:

  SE connect-VIServer-Server $protectedSiteVC - user $user-password $pass

  Connect-SrmServer-user $user-password $pass

  Write-Host "implementation details on Protection groups.

  Get-ProtectionGroup | {ForEach-Object

  $pg = $_

  Get-ProtectedVM - ProtectionGroup $pg} | {ForEach-Object

  #Write - Output 'do for each virtual computer.

  $output = "" | Select VmName, PgName

  $_. Vm.UpdateViewData)

  $output. VmName = $_. Vm.Name

  $output. PgName = $pg. GetInfo(). Name

  $output

  } | Format-Table @{Label = 'Name of the virtual computer'; Expression = {$_.} VmName}}, @{Label = 'Protection Group name'; Expression = {$_.} PgName}

  }

• SRM 5.5 protect VM fails and SRM-Service stops

  The basic menu is:

  -2 x 5.5 in mode vCenter linked so 2 x RS 5.5

  -service of vcenter starts with field-account

  -Mrs. service starts with the local service account

  -the two sites are connected with [email protected]

  -folders, disc-nfs, network,... is set up for two sites (the fact cartographic inventory)

  -replication of vsphere is active and works fine

  The error:

  If I try to make a backup of the Group and to protect a virtual machine (vSphere-based replication) the process stops at 20%,

  the SRM service no longer works and a MiniDump is generated.

  The last log file entries are attached.

  In my opinion important lines are:

  error 'InventoryMapper' opID = 545DC761-00000026] will not be able to recover information primary file for VM ' vm-157'. "

  "InventoryMapper" = 545DC761-00000026 opID WARNING] cannot make recommendations for VM ' vm-157' because it is impossible to retrieve the properties of location of VM.

  error "Replication" opID = 545DC761-00000026] primary file missing for VM ' vm-157' when querying protection group ' protection-group-3008 "»»

  error "Replication" opID = 545DC761-00000026] primary resourcepool missing for no model VM ' vm-157' when querying protection group ' protection-group-3008 "»»

  Please someone have an idea on what happened here?

  It was me - stupid self - but also a nasty Bug in SRM 5.5

  I have a few virtual machines configured with access rights only for me (my AD-domain account) and to all others, including all vsphere.local NOT ACCESS.

  It is therefore correct that SRM can not read on their inventorymappings and thus not be able to protect them.

  I gave the account MRS. rights of access and the error disappeared.

  But: That the SRM service itself dies on is not a behavior that I expect in this situation.

  Seems to be a bug.

  ... resolved with the workaround...

• NetApp and SRM

  Hi, I have the following questions - can you help please:

  1. What is the latest version of vSphere in version 4, including any update (not the version 5)?

  2. What is the latest SRM version 4, including any update (not the version 5)?

  3. If you use NetApp SRA version is usable with both (1) and (2) above? and where can I find the download location.

  Thank you

  1 vSphere 4.1 update 2

  2 MRS. 4.1.2

  3. I believe that SRA 1.4.3. More info at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/srm_storage_partners.pdf. You can download it from http://downloads.vmware.com/d/details/srm412/ZCVwYnRocHBidGR0cA== (under components, click on "Show details")

  Michael.

• vCD and SRM

  Hello

  We currently organize a VI infrastructure for a large number of customers. We have several different SLAS for these customers. For some we use SRM failover to our second data center, some have their own secondary site whereby we failover with MRS and for some we have not tipping at all.

  How SRM integrates with vCD? Is it easy to integrate in the vCD and the differences between clients? Links to the documentation?

  Gabrié

  Today, SRM does not integrate with objects based vCD.  You can use it for the management group, but not the "Compute" clusters in the sense of vCAT 2.0.  This is a frequently asked question, but from the moment unfortunetely it does not integrate directly.

  -Chris Colotti

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