If you are using vSphere Replication 8.2.x, or 8.3.x you can directly upgrade to version 8.4. Prerequisites Download the VMware-vSphere_Replication-8.4.x.x-build_number.iso from the vSphere download page. Copy the ISO image file to a datastore that is accessible from the vCenter Server instance that you use with vSphere Replication. Verify that you […]
Faster Failback and Lower Risk Support for protecting 3000 VMs per vCenter Moved vSphere Replication to the VMware standard VAMI interface Integrated Protection Workflow Show replication status in Recovery plan summary Improved Error Visibility Tighter integration with vSphere Client N+1 version support in Site Recovery Manager & vSphere Replication pairing […]
Preservation of vSphere Tags and Categories of Virtual Machines during Failover and Recovery with Site Recovery Manager. Simplified Management of Replicated VMs – Disks added to replicated VMs are automatically replicated. Enhanced flexibility – create Protection Groups and Recovery Plans with empty datastores for array-based replication. Site Recovery Manager would […]
In this post we will show how to migrate VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.2 Windows to SRM 8.3 virtual appliance. Lab Environment 2 x VMware vCenter 6.7 Server Appliance 2 x VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.2 Windows 2 x VMware vSphere Replication 8.2 Appliance Target Environment 2 x VMware vCenter […]
To define the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery solution, we need to consider many factors. Below table shows some hypervisor-based replication technologies comparison for reference. Based on this, you can find which DR solution is suitable for you if your environment is a virtual platform. Dell EMC RP4VM = Dell […]
In the information business, hardware refreshment is very common. Most of customers are faced how to migrate the existing data into new hardware platform. In this post I will list out some virtual machines migration methodologies for reference. Background 2 x SAN storage (around 50TB), one for Production, other for […]
Now we will perform the following installation procedure on the Site Recovery Manager systems at the protected and recovery sites. Prerequisites Download the Storage Replication Adaptor (SRA) you need at VMware website. Enable the storage array’s capability to create snapshot copies of the replicated devices Log in to the Site […]
We will perform the following installation procedure on the SRM Appliance at the protected and recovery sites. Log in to the vSphere Web Client or the vSphere Client on the protected site. Right-click a host and select Deploy OVF template. Choose the SRM OVF file , then Next. Specific the Virtual […]
VMware SRM 8.1 Configuration Import/Export Tool can export and import configuration data. This tool supports the export of inventory mappings, recovery plans, protection groups, and the related objects into an XML file, and import from a previously exported file.
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