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Table Of Contents
- Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Overview of Site Recovery Manager
- System Requirements
- Installing or Updating Site Recovery Manager
- Managing SRM
- Protected Site Configuration
- Recovery Site Configuration
- Failback
- Alerting and Monitoring
- Protected and Recovery Site Changes
- Preinstallation Checklist
- Failback Checklist
- Use the srm-config command to repair an SRM server connection
- Avoiding Replication of Paging Files and Other Transient Data
- Glossary
- Index
Site Recovery Manager Administration Guide
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SiteRecoverycomponentsintheVIClientinclude:
Inventory–Locatedontheleft,displaystheinventoryobjectsavailableforSRM,
includingprotectiongroupsandrecoveryplans.
Summarytab–Displaystherelevantinformationfortheprotectedsiteandthe
recoverysite.
Setuppane–Displaystheoptionsusedtoconfiguresitefailover.
Alarmstab–ListstheconfiguredalarmsforSRM.
Permissionstab–Liststheusersandgroupsthathavepermissionsontheselected
objectandatwhatlevelthepermissionwasassigned.
Connecting the Protected and Recovery Sites
WhenyoustartusingSRM,establishasecureconnectionbetweentheprotectedsite
andtherecoverysite.UsetheVIClienttopairandmanagebothsites.Becausethe
VI ClientcanconnecttoonlyoneVirtualCenterServeratatime,launchoneVIClient
tomanageeachsite.Beforeyouconnect
totherecoverysite,youneedthefollowing:
TherecoverysiteVirtualCenterServernameorIPaddressandportnumber.
TheroleofProtectionSRMAdministratorontherecoverysiteifusing
credential‐basedauthentication.
Theadministratorloginfortheremoteserver.
ConnectionsbetweenSRMandeitherVirtualCenteroranotherinstanceofSRMmust
beauthenticated.Youcanuseadministrativecredentialsortrustedcertificatesto
authenticateconnections,butyoucannotmixauthenticationmethods.The
authenticationmethodyouchoosemustbeusedtosecuretheconnectionbetween
the
VirtualCenterServerandSRMateachsite,andalsobetweentheSRMserversatthe
protectedandrecoverysites.Ifyouusetrustedcertificates,bothsitesmustusethesame
subjectname(composedfromtheorganizationandorganizationunitinformationyou
supplyduringinstallation)inthecertificate.
Credentialbased—Usesausernameandpassword.Theaccountmustbean
administratoraccount.TheprivilegesontheVirtualCenterServerspecifythese
credentials.SavethecredentialsyouspecifytocommunicatetotheVirtualCenter
Server.
Certificatebased—Specifyacertificatethatwassignedbyatrustedcertificate
authority.Thecertificateismostcommonlysignedbyatrustedcertificate
authorityandinstalledintheVirtualCenterServerandSRMontheprotectedand
recoverysites.Thisconfigurationisthemostsecureconnection.