Stop the replication of vSphere

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• Are thinking of duplication of table to the replication of Vsphere, a quick question

  We currently use Array replication and plan to use the replication of vsphere for flexibility. Unfortunately, we have more than 500 virtual machines to protect - but it is another question and I hope MRS. deploy several devices that will help.

  I can't determine which network interface, the replication traffic goes on:

  1 Hypervizor ports between the ESX hosts (which are 1Gbit in my case) where VMS are?

  2. pushed through vcenter somehow?

  3 Vlan than VR devices are connected to the?

  I have a 10 Gbps link between sites, trying to find how to use more than 1 GB, because the 3 options above are 1Gbit. Although the unit sat on a group of ports that is supported by the host ESX 10Gbit links - but I guess that the only real device of a 1Gbit NIC adapter.

  Hello

  Replication traffic is going:

  1 VR source ESXi server at the remote site via custom protocol LWD (light-weight-delta) TCP ports 31031 and 44046.

  2. outside in VR server via port 902 device and Protocol NFC ESXi host target, then the target data store.

  Separate NICS for VR (isolation of network traffic) replication traffic - to GDL from source ESXi to GDL for server VR application and for inbound replication traffic target ESXi NFC are not available in the current versions, but are part of an RV to come free.

  The VR machine using a NIC vmxnet3

  For the current version, you might want to perform some custom routing/formatting via the ports 31031 (initial full synchronization) and 44046 (all the traffic from replication after the initial synchronization is complete).

  Kind regards

  Martin

• Measures to stop the replication flow

  Hello
  I'm working on Oracle 10 g (10.2.0.3) on linux 64-bit, could someone ' a please inform me on measures to stop the flow of production as well as the destination server replication.
  
  I use a way workflow for the destination server.
  
  Kind regards

  before you stop your workflow process, you need to calm down activities to bodies (Source and Destination).
  Once that there is no activity, I normally stop the work of the heart rate (if you have one), stop the Capture, arrest the spread and stop applying.
  You can use OEM or have your scripts and run as user admin of streams.

  HTH

• APIs are available to manage the replication of vsphere as startup/Showdown of replication programmatically?

  Can we manage/monitor vsphere replication as start/slaughter of replication of VMs and monitor iterator programmatically? These APIs are available?

  Hello

  In 5.0.x and 5.1.x SRM SRM / vSphere 5.1.x vSphere Management Server Replication replication is not a public API.

  However, by popular demand, the function could be included in a future release.

  Post edited by: mvalkanov

• RDM & replication of vSphere

  Hi all

  I have to support a migration from one site to the other project and I need to move only computers configured with RDM mode physical model virtual.

  My idea was to use the replication of vSphere and I was wondering if there is an idea on how to do it if possible.

  All tips are welcome,

  Daniele

  Hello world

  I wanted to just add the link to the official statement in the vSphere replication 5.1 / documentation Site Recovery Manager: http://pubs.vmware.com/srm-51/topic/com.vmware.srm.admin.doc/GUID-084C089D-9689-4F34-9A75-8AFB980A725E.html

  "vSphere replication supports RDM devices in virtual mode only, for the device from the source and the target.

  Best regards

  Bjoern

• Go with SRM or replication of VSphere

  Hi all

  I'm looking for a review here.

  In our current environment, 600 more VM is get replicated to disaster recovery site using third-party replication tool. As we intend to upgrade our whole environment to vSphere 5.1, we intend to use the replication of vSphere. We do not plan to use SRM at this point.

  We have two Vcenters, one for the env Prod and other for Dr. approx. We have our replication go on a dedicated channel for OC / 24.

  We are not woried about the Automation and do not come back to this point, MRS is not a choice at this point.

  Questions.

  1. with the limitation of 500 rehearsals (employment) for the unit of replication VSphere, ho we satisfy our need of 600 replications?

  2. can we use vSphere several devices of replication on each site (by vcenter) without using SRM?

  3. If it says 500 is the maximum supported, loads of work how I can configure on device for proper operation.

  4. should I consider SRM in this stadium? If yes why?

  Appreciate your help in this regard.

  Thank you

  Dembélé

  I see, but I guess that at least for a start and a conecpt evidence of the use of VR, a single VRS is enough. In addition, you can always high-end to SRM later and get better performance with the deployment of new technologies...

• SRM using the issue of replication VRMS vSphere

  Hi guys,.

  Basically normally when using vsphere replication, if you lose the VRM, then you cannot recover your virtual machines.

  'With the VRMS device in offline mode, it is not possible to recover virtual machines with vSphere replication. There are some items of third person out there that suggest that it is possible to manually change the files to the target location that make up the replica and recover a virtual machine. "While this is possible, I do not recommend relying on this method of recovery, because it's a very manual process and, above all, not supported by VMware "

  vSphere replication device failure and recovery prevention | VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

  Am I right in thinking that when you use SRM with replication of vsphere, this isn't a problem that you can 'force' recovery with MRS... .where is it always going to be a problem?

  This is a question published iI in Re: 1 primary replication running unit and 1 device running the module

  Cheers for the help guys!

  As Martin mentioned in the other thread, VR (and SRM when using VR) require work VRMS at the location of the target/recovery. To clarify your statement, read: "when using vsphere replication, if you lose the VRMS on the site of your target/recovery , then you cannot recover your virtual machines.

  With MRS is still a problem, but normally if your production site is affected it will not be an impact on VRM on the recovering site you will always be able to recover. Enforcement is where any operation is attempted on a protected site, so it's really for a different use case.

  Does that answer your question?

• Replication of vSphere SRM - replica of the lack of virtual machines

  Hello

  I use SRM with vSphere replication and all my virtual machines are properly replicated from my site for my recovery.site as you can see:

  

  My problem is that I don't see all the replica of the VMs replicated in the inventory of the recovery site:

  

  So when I was looking for in the web client vSphere replication monitor, I saw that all the virtual machines that are in the inventory of the recovery site are all managed by SRM. And all virtual machines managed by VR finally does not appear in the inventory.

  
  

  Someone at - it never I have this problem or know the solution?

  Concerning

  Hello and welcome to the community of VMware

  The behavior you describe is planned. Between VR and SRM, is SRM work to create what is called 'space reserved VM' on the recovering site.

  If replicate you a virtual machine using vSphere replication but skip protection by SRM, there is no virtual machine being recorded on the recovering Site until you run the RV GUI recovery operation.

  Can I ask you why do you need to see the virtual machine on the recovering site? Even if it is there, you are not able to turn on.

  Best regards

  Stefan Tsonev

• 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

• Bookmark, behavior of recording at the start of the replication Agents stopped.

  I have a few questions about two-way replication for 1 DSN on TT 7.0.5 with recording on disc.
  
  (1) If replication agents are stopped on the two machines, the log files will be stop being written? Or they do not accumulate?
  
  (2) when the agents are started, continue replication from the original bookmarks?
  
  I am trying to determine 2 machines become out-of-sync when agents are arrested, DSN continue to be updated, and then the agents are started.
  
  Thank you
  Linda

  I will answer all questions in a position if you don't mind:

  + (1) If replication agents are stopped on two machines, the log files will be stop being written? Or they do not accumulate? +

  Each stream replication (with bi-direactional there are two streams, A-> B and B-> A) has a (start, stop, failure, break) State which is independent of whether or not the replication agent is running (the replication agent is what does the actual capture, propagate, apply, recognize the steps).

  Start - journal of bookmarks are kept and if repagent reads the flow of replication occurs.

  Stop - no bookmarks are kept (the logs can be purged), no flow even if repagent is running.

  Failure - same as stop but only set automatically by the system, typically exceeding of THRESHOLD of LOG.

  Break - bookmarks keeps, no flow of replication occurs even if repagent is running

  The default state of a stream is 'start', but this can be handled through ttRepAdmin and can be set automatically if e.g. JOURNAL THRESHOLD is exceeded. So stop repagents on one or two machines does not change the State of the movement. Newspapers will be accumulated until the repagents are restarted.

  + (2) when the agents are started, they continue replication since the original favorite? +

  Yes, everything will be the original bookmarks. Note that unless you have strict support this scenario of partitioning can exacerbate problems of conflict.

  I am trying to determine 2 machines become out-of-sync when agents are arrested, DSN continue to be updated, and then the agents are started.

  As long as you have the workload of strict partitioning to ensure no conflict, then there is no problem. Without workload partitioning then the divergence is possible even in normal conditions and even if conflcit resolution is used.

  What is the best way to monitor this log space is approaching a complete state of disc?

  This really a level o/s problem. You can use a script that is executed regularly that analyzes the output of something as 'df k' or you can write an application that uses the o/s relevant calls to monitor the space in the file system. It's easier if the newspapers have a dedicated disk (which in any case, they should have for performance reasons). Side Timesten, you can use ttBookmark to see if the 'hold' LSN is starting to fall further and more behind the 'current' NSE This is an indication that the replication is not able to cope with the workload and that newspapers are piling up so.

  Chris

• SRM 5.5 - vSphere replication - error: impossible to reverse the replication for the Virtual Machine. A snapshot operation cannot be performed

  Hi all, we have just run a test DR failover of a couple of virtual machines in our protected our failover site and all site swung perfectly, two virtual machines came online and all applications work well. However when we cam to r-eprotect machines virtual, we get some errors.

  One of the virtual machines seems to have lived the reprotect end process, it is still running, but has not moved to 89% for some time. The virtual machine has a couple of grand (a little less than 2 TB) VMDK. slow progress is just a consequence of the large VMDK?

  More worrisome is the virtual machine which don't reprotect at all. It generates an error whenever I click on the "Restore" button (error: impossible to reverse the replication for the Virtual Machine.) A snapshot operation can not be performed).

  
  Does anyone have any ideas as to the cause?

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  Andy

  Finally got to the bottom of this. The issue was that reprotect SRM work was trying to dispel any snapshots that were taken on the computer object virtual destination in VMWare, but could not clean snapshots.

  The reason why snapshots would not consolidate was because it was snapshots of temporary VEEAM who in fact any snapshot file listed in the VSAN data store. So when we looked through the browser data store, no snapshot file existed in the virtual computers folder. Trying a manual removal also failed.

  To fix this, we created a snapshot of the virtual machine in the original data center (note is the engine to the bottom of the virtual machine), this effect was to get rid of the 'fade' snapshot that was visible in the Snapshot Manager that VEEAM backup had left behind. Once this had disappeared, the reprotect back to DCA worked perfectly.

• Disaster recovery with replication for VSphere

  Am just test VSphere 5 of replication. with a couple of test VMs

  The replication process works very well

  What I want to know is the process to recover a VM replicated to new hardware in the case of the complete failure of the original host and/or data store

  In essence, disaster recovery.

  Are there other parts (software), that I need to take the replica VMDK and files related to re - create a new virtual machine on a new host

  Steve

  Yes, because it will be all your hard and .vmx files.

• replication of vSphere

  If I have deployed the unit of replication master vsphere in the production site, do I need to add an another master vsphere replication in the dr site?

  Is replication? or it can also operate in bidirectional replication?

  Each RV unit performs the replication. The first deployed in management handles VC as well.

• Stop the virtual machine

  I'm looking for a script to stop vm...

  Script works fine, but I have a few Questions or details

  $csv = import-csv C:\xxx.csv

  Foreach ($line in $csv)

  {

  Write-Host “====================================================================”

  Write-Host "$line treatment".

  $vminfo = get-view-Id ($line.vm) USER.USER

  Write-Host "checking the VMware Tools on $line... »

  # If we have the VMware tools installed

  If ($vminfo.config.Tools.ToolsVersion - eq 0)

  {

  Write-Host "($line.vm) don't have vmware tools installed, strong power this one.

  # Hard power off.

  Stop-VM ($line.vm)-confirm: $false

  }

  on the other

  {

  write-host "I'll try to stop $vm.

  # Turn off with elegance

  Get - VM ($line.vm) | Stop-VMGuest-confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  }

  1. my code below what I'm missing / or hurt?

  $vminfo = get-view-Id ($line.vm) USER.USER

  Write-Host "checking the VMware Tools on $line... »

  2. Tools a lot of combination

  Tools installed - but not running

  tools not install

  Are that both will have to stop-vm?

  3.

  I got a simple code, it will cover the tools stuff?

  $vm = Get-VM
  $vm | where {$_. Comments . State -eq "Running"} | Shutdown-VMGuest -confirm:$false
  $vm | where {$_. Comments . State -eq "NotRunning"} | Stop-VM -Confirm:$false

  
  

  4. I want to stop 50 virtual machines simultaneously, how the

  
  

  Your script seems to be ok.

  When the VMware tools are installed you can do a gracefull shutdown (Stop-VMGuest) within the guest where OS the obligation for the VMware tools.

  The next option is to stop the virtual machine (VM-Stop), with what would be the power button on a physical computer.

  No phasing out of the BONES and a potential risk on the corruption of the OS.

  With switch RunAsync that the cmdlet returns immediately, it will not wait until the underlying vSphere method is complete.

  The method will continue, but in the background.

  You should check these tasks to background (Get-task), to monitor the successful completion.

  To manage VMS in batches of 25 and wait 60 seconds between batches, you could do something like that

  $vms = get - VM

  $step = 25

  $start = 0

  for ($loop = 0; $loop - the ([math]: ceiling ($vms.)) Step Count / $)-1); $loop ++) {}

  $vms [$start... ($Start+$Step-1)] | where {$_.} Guest.State - eq "Running"} | Stop-VMGuest-confirm: $false - RunAsync

  $vms [$start... ($Start+$Step-1)] | where {$_.} Guest.State - eq "Keep"} | Stop-VM-confirm: $false - RunAsync

  sleep 60

  $start += $step

  }

• replication of vsphere can work with local disk?

  I have cluster 2 esxi host (2 hp g7 servers) but I have no shared storage and all of my data on the local disk, now I want to know can I are not replicated on one of my machines with vsphere replication without any shared storage?

  My main question: can I use the vsphere without shared storage replication?

  Best regards

  Babak

  Yes. It's one of the advantages of vSphere replication - you can replicate between different types of storage including (non-shared) local data storage.