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• SRM protected LUN and RecoverPoint replicated Lun

  We run VMware SRM 5.0 and RecoverPoint 3.4 SP2.  Running 5.0 ESXi and vCenter 5.0. The problem that we get and the VMware SRM and EMC RP support response are conflicting with each other.  Our SRM failover process failed because the DR replicated LUNs was not detected during the scan HBA.  VMware support said that the replicated LUN doesn't have to be added to the storage of VMware on our VNX5300 (DR) group.  Logic unit number is added to the storage PR group.  SRM/RP will present the LUN in VMware as part of the SRM failover process.  EMC, tells us that the replica LUN must be present in VMware and storage of RP group.

  The failover process does not end until we added the LUNs replicated in the VMware storage group.  However, we have tested previously other SRM protected LUNS and this has never been necessary.  Can anyone provide specific details on RecoverPoint requirement to add the LUNS replicated in the VMware storage group?

  Thank you

  EMC is correct!  The target of replication LUNS must be in a group of storage with your hosts ESXi on the VNX for a test to run successfully.  I'll usually create a storage for a VMware cluster group, add LUN replication target and leave them there.  Of course, the Group of storage for all data, journal and repository LUN RecoverPoint must also exist with all the Rwandan Patriotic Army.

• 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.

• VMware SRM 5.8 and EMC RP

  Hi people,

  We have implemented 5.8 SRM with EMC RP 4.1 (array-based replication). Even if we validate us migration we encounter several issues as shown below.

  ERROR 1:

  2.3 stop priority 3 VMs

  Error - operation exceeded: 300 seconds

  ERROR 2:

  5. restore the hosts of sites protected from sleep mode

  Error - the object has already been disposed or was not completely created

  ERROR 3:

  6.1.2 change the location read-only

  Error - Impossible to lower source devices. SRA command 'prepareFailover' failed. Failed to logon to user of the site IP mgmt. Check the logs of the server for more details. Do not downgrade to source devices. SRA command 'prepareFailover' failed. Failed to logon to user of the site IP mgmt. Check the logs of the server for more details.

  Error "Failed opening session for the user to the site IP mgmt", seen so even the matrix to SRM Manager configuration. But the same have resolved after you have enabled the "https" to two Can MRS. Mrs. somebody please help understand the question? I tried re-record ESXi nodes to vCenter inventory, restart ESXi and other infra servers, etc. But no luck.

  Thank you!

  Best regards

  Hari Narayanan.

  Guests of protected sites are restored from sleep mode (DPM is disabled) so that storage can be removed on their part and set to read only.

  I agree with what said GSS, the problem with the LUN downgrade error is very likely with the SRA and that is why EMC. I think as the hosts of the protected site of sleep problem can be linked to that as well (not able to remove LUN?)

  About your VM stopping, you say that the virtual machine stops successfully? The default value is for MRS wait 5 minutes (300 seconds) for closure, if the virtual machine takes more time that you do not want to change the timeout value in the advanced settings. See here for more details: Site Recovery Manager 6.0 Documentation Center

• On the replication SRM 5.5 and vsphere

  Hi guys,.

  using Mrs. 5.5 and replication of vsphere can I do a first replica of virtual machine with a manual copy or clone on the remote site and after synchronization with replication or srm vsphere virtual machine?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  I assume that when the source of the VM is turned on, the disks (-flat.vmdk files) are locked and that's the reason to download drives while the virtual machine is turned off.

  The virtual machine can be powered on once the disc has been downloaded/copied.

  An alternative approach, if you have enough free space on the source website - you can clone the virtual machine, without any power off and download the clone disks.

  The clone operation may change the value of ddb.uuid in hard files. Make sure that it matches the value in the hard of source files and if not, change it manually. Another configuration of replication will fail if this value does not match.

  Kind regards

  Martin

• How managing RecoverPoint SRM VM test and actual failovers?

  Try to understand how EMC RecoverPoint manages failovers of SRM VM.   It deals with and the real test failovers differently?    For example, for failovers of test should I use SAN snapshots and real failovers promotes a LUN because failure could be a long time?   In addition, where these snapshots and LUN does work for?   The VNX target or some hybrids of VNX + RecoverPoint.

  I was not able to find an article on this architecture.

  Thank you

  -MattG

  Fix Matt, any block storage is provided by your VNX and all I/O will be finally served by newspaper or copy/data source LUN.  My apologies for any confusion!  On the performance, take a look at this blog post.  The author does a great job of outline quite unique I/O behavior of journal RecoverPoint and his unit number logic, something absolutely consider when the design of the VNX pools.  I personally always stick with standard FLARE LUN to reviews and never magazines supply workloads from one pool other accommodation, I don't have to.

  EMC RecoverPoint Journal and Volume of replica & #8211; Performance considerations | Dave Ring

• SRM protected site and recovery - different network

  Small question about SRM and networking.  MRS works correctly if my protected site includes a cisco 1000v while my recovery site just has a vSwitch?

  Someone would be able to provide some site for this?

  Thanks in advance.

  When you configure the mappings of Site Recovery Manager, you map port groups, calculate the resources (i.e. clusters), resource groups and folders from the site protected on the recovering site.

  When you switch, the virtual machine will migrate port groups that this is in the protected site, for groups of port mapped to corresponding to the recovering site.  As long as you protect virtual machines can access the resources they need, by sliding, port groups, they will be in when they move to the recovery site, so I don't think that you will have problems, Cisco 1000v or not.

  While I have never done a failover of a 1000V to no, I'm not "see why you would have problems as long as you get your physical and virtual network on the site of recovery after a disaster.

• VMware SRM case studies and see?

  Anyone know where to read stories of success for SRM implementations and see?  If this isn't the case, you have a success stories for one of the solutions of production? Please specify your environment below.

  1 SRM or the view implementation?

  2. number of hosts?

  3. storage of the seller/types?

  4 replication DR solution?

  5. What are the best practices you used successfully implemented your solution?

  6. What are your problems that you have encountered and want to share so anyone can avoid for future deployment?

  7. What do you use for networking for DR site (VLAN stretched or Re - IP)

  8. What are your recommendations for someone looking to implement the same solutions?

  Please share your solutions so that someone can determine the success rate analysis.  Thank you to enjoy holiday everyone.

  Each of my clients have a different and the best storage solutions I've worked with uses the features of VMware View composer/Linked Clone 3.0.1 and to use solutions NetApp NFS with instant volume characteristic, rapid Clone Utility 2.0 and IVMS to clone quickly and provided images of massive office so well.  But if you want to know the real world solutions, see vmware and Netapp Web sites there are a few good case studies to read.  Otherwise, someone will fill in their environment and the solutions accordingly.

  If you found this information useful, please consider awarding points to 'Correct' or 'useful '. Thank you!!!

  Kind regards

  Stefan Nguyen

  VMware vExpert 2009

  iGeek Systems Inc.

  VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Consultant

• SRM controls (pre and Post turn on)

  I'm looking to what hooks are available under SRM to run scripts.

  Ideally, I would like to be able to run scripts Powershell VI Toolkit (which would be pre power on for orders of type VM and post-puissance on orders of type guest VM) and Windows Scripts (post-tensioning).

  I first thought that these scripts (as configured by the VM in the cable group) would run on the virtual machine in question.  I realize that they both run on the host SRM (the manual is not explicitly said, that could be useful!).   To get to the point, what I have to do is to identify the virtual machine that will be started so that I can script events to occur for this virtual machine.  I was looking for variables (i.e. something like VMName and GuestName %) that would allow me to execute commands to reconfigure the computer in question.  Does anything like this exist, or there at - it another way to do this?  If there is not, I consider something of a gap, I spend the VMname as a parameter to the scriot for each virtual computer.

  Thank you

  AX

  Here is an excerpt of an article that I'm working on. I think that table 6 includes the types of

  the variables you are looking for.

  Order steps run with the identity of the local system account on the SRM

  on the recovering site server host. When a step of the command runs, a number of

  environment variables are defined in the runtime environment. Table 5 lists the environment variables that are available for all stages of order.

  Table 5. Environment variables available to all stages of order

  Name	Value	Example of
  VMware_RecoveryName	The name of the recovery plan that runs	"Plan A".
  VMware_RecoveryMode	The recovery mode	'test' or 'recovery '.
  VMware_VC_Host	The host name of the host to vCenter site recovery	'vc_hostname.example.com '.
  VMware_VC_Port	The network port used to communicate with the host to vCenter	'443 '.

  Additional environment variables listed in table 6, are affected if the step of the order runs on a virtual machine that is recovered.

  Table 6. Environment variables available to the ordering steps running on virtual machines recovered

  Name	Value
  VMware_VM_Uuid	UUID used by vCenter to uniquely identify this virtual machine
  VMware_VM_Name	The name of this virtual machine, as shown on the protected site
  VMware_VM_Ref	The managed virtual machine object ID
  VMware_VM_GuestName	The name of the guest OS as defined by the API of VIM.
  VMware_VM_GuestIp	The IP address of the virtual machine if it is known.

• Use SRM 5.1 and Web Client

  Hi guys

  just to confirm the SRM 5.1 continues to use the windows client? I mean, because it is based on pluging the new web client cannot be used?

  Thank you very much

  Fix, windows client only for now...

  Kind regards

  Mario

• 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

• SRM with vSphere Enterprise and vSphere Advanced

  Hello

  I saw the FAQ license RS saying that SRM requires no vSphere all be of the same edition and features will be affected by which edition is used.

  Which raises a number of questions in my mind.  For example if my environment is as such:

  • Production site with multiple ESX using Enterprise Plus with Nexus 1000V
  • Recovery site with several ESX using Advanced edition
  • Enough to set up for two sites license SRM and vCenter

  I guess that network should not much question, as I can manually map the port network group on the recovery plan.

  So my questions:

  1. Can I configure manually this ESX made uses SRM for commissioning virtual machines running the recovery plan?
     • I don't have a DRS on the DR site to distribute virtual machines and use all the resources.
  2. What happens when SRM tries to start a virtual machine with more than 4vCPU in the DR site?
     • Advance Edition limited my VMs to 4vCPU

  See you soon,.
  Isabelle

  Your correct indeed neglected the advanced part, DRS is not supported. But another question for you: do you only use the equipment have the Dr site for DR purposes or you also make use of the material for other purposes as for example the test? Is it not that you can always create a business case to buy a license of the company and use the site of recovery for test purposes. In case a disaster occurs and a failover is invoked, you can add stimulus to stop your test virtual machines on the recovering site, before the SRM protected VM. This way make you full use of all the material on the protégé and the recovering site.

  Looking at your question again, it makes me think. If you create a cluster on the recovering site and map this cluster cluster on the protected site. All virtual machines that are protected will be started on the cluster during failover. OK you won't have DRS so resources are not distributed on the hosts, but they run and computers vMotion virtual host to another, you can manually.

  Point which is that you want to map individual VMS to ESX host, making your your design SRM very complex and difficult to maintain. Rather go for mapping clusters and take account of the fact that you have to manually virtual computers vMotion between host computers to create a balanced distribution of resources (or buy some DRS). It makes your life a lot easier.

• Touchpanel EX90 does not allow Multisite

  Hello

  I have an EX90 with multisite license. I'm under TC4.2.4. The ability to add attendees doesn't show at all on the Panel. Any suggestions?

  Thank you!

  Chris

  First of all, I would recommend to upgrade endpoint software you.

  TC7.0.2 is the last.

  http://software.Cisco.com/download/release.html?mdfid=283645026&softwareid=280886992&release=7.0.2&relind=available&rellifecycle=&RelType=latest

  TC4.2 is some time ago and control via the advanced touch screen until then, so this could be the reason.

  In addition, current systems have the ability to switch between multiway and multisite,

  If multiway is enabled miltisite is disabled. Check the configuration of the system.

  If getting lost, sometimes a factory default reset can also be useful (but which also requires that you know the basic settings)

  Please also double check that the license key is actually present.

  Please remember useful frequency responses and identify useful or correct answers.

• upgrade to vCenter/SRM to 6.1

  All,

  We have recently updated our server vCenter 5.5 Update 2 to 6.0 Update1b.  All thanks to the improvement of the PSC and vCenter went to the wonder.  The problem we run into is with MRS.  We have improved 5.5.1 to 6.0 SRM that crossed successfully.  However, whenever connect us to vSphere Web Client and run SRM we get the following message when you click sites:

  Cause:

  Connecting to remote servers to SRM Server to https:// < IPofLocalSRMServer >: 9086, vcdr, vmomi, sdk needs to be reconfigured.

  I can't find anything on this error and have waited for hours for the VMware support call.  Any ideas?  We get this message with the SRM Server (remote and the).

  I suspect it is a certificate problem, but I can't identify where.  When you go to https://srmhost:9086 , I get the following:

  Local connections

  -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Service com.vmware.cis.cs.inventory
  URL https:// < vCenter Server >: 443/invsvc
  Unknown thumbprint
  Status connected
  -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Service com.vmware.cis.vcenterserver
  URL https:// < vCenter Server >: 443/sdk
  Unknown thumbprint
  Status connected
  -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Service com.vmware.cis.cs.inventory
  URL https:// < vCenter Server >: 443, invsvc, vmomi, sdk
  Unknown thumbprint
  Status connected
  -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Service com.vmware.cis.cs.lookup
  URL https:// < vCenter Server >: 443/lookupservice/sdk
  Unknown thumbprint
  Status connected
  -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Service com.vmware.cis.cs.identity
  URL https:// /SSO-AdminServer/SDK/vsphere.local < vCenter Server >
  Unknown thumbprint
  Status connected
  -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Service com.vmware.cis.cs.authorization
  URL https:// < vCenter Server >: 443, invsvc, vmomi, sdk
  Unknown thumbprint
  Status connected
  -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Service com.vmware.cis.cs.license
  URL https:// < vCenter Server >: 443/ls/sdk
  Unknown thumbprint
  Status connected
  -------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Thank you!

  Hello

  after upgrade, you must reconfigure the pairing between sites or fix the connection from one site to the other. This should be a time effort and it is necessary to renew the certificates information in SRM products improved after all.

  You can find more useful information in our documentation - Site Recovery Manager 6.1 Documentation Center

  Procedure

  1	In the Web Client vSphere client, select Site Recovery > Sites, right-click on a site and select reconfigure matching to reconfigure the connection between sites Site Recovery Manager.

  Hope that this is sufficient,

  Daniel G.

• Implementation of SRM

  Hello world

  We are planing to implement SRM in our environment. Allows one of the knowledge base on this.

  full support if you provide the step by step installation guide

  Thanks in advance

  Thank you

  Champion

  Application of VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) enhances recovery capabilities after a disaster of your virtual environment.

  The main key features of SRM

  Fast and reliable

  Nondisruptive Application mobility

  Simple and based management strategies

  To install and configure SRM, please follow the link below

  https://pubs.VMware.com/SRM-51/topic/com.VMware.ICbase/PDF/SRM-install-config-5-1.PDF

  http://pubs.VMware.com/SRM-58/topic/com.VMware.ICbase/PDF/SRM-install-config-5-8.PDF