Month: March 2016

Setup VMware vCenter 5.5 Update 2e SRM 5.5.1 Issue SRM Sites Unable to Connect Analysis Upon troubleshooting, we have noticed that customer has upgraded their vCenter server from 5.5 U2e to 5.5 U3b. In vCenter 5.5 U3b, SSLv3 is disabled by default due to POODLE vulnerability. Due to this upgrade…Continue readingVMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager service fails to start

Recently we had to record video and one of my collegeau did an excellent job of recording the SRM 6.0 Demo This video includes following Test Recovery and Clean up to simulate Test  Planned Migration to DR simulating scheduled maintenance and Planned Migration back to PROD once maintenance is completed …Continue readingVMware SRM 6 Demo

This is Part 2 of Configuration of VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.0 Adding Array Manager and Enable array pair In this Step we will be adding Storage appliance IP address as per their respective sites. Go to Sites, click on one of the sites, Under Summary, click on Add array…Continue readingSite Recovery Manager 6.0 Configuration Continued

This is Part 1 of Configuration of VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.0 Granting access for pairing the sites Below Steps for granting access to Administrator Group should be followed on both the ends i.e. it should be added on Production and DR. Login to vCenter web Client. Go to Administrator…Continue readingSite Recovery Manager 6.0 Configuration

Installation of VMware Site Recovery Manager 6.0 Pre-requisites for VMware Site Recovery Manager Installation New Database has to be created on MS SQL 2008/2012 R2. Create an SQL Service account with appropriate permissions Create an ODBC connection to the newly created database Download the SRM and SRA installable Install Java…Continue readingSite Recovery Manager 6.0 Installation