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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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Thetimeittakestopauseorcancelatestdependsonthetypeandnumberofstepsthat
areinprogresswhentherequestismade.Thetimeittakestoresumeatestdependson
thetypeandnumberofstepsthatwereinprogresswhenthepausewas
requested.
Run a Recovery Plan
Runninganactualrecoveryplanstartsthevirtualmachinesontherecoverysiteonthe
recoverysitenetwork.Thisprocesscannotbeundoneeasilyorautomatically.Ifyourun
arecoveryplan,itpermanentlyaltersthevirtualmachinesandinfrastructureofthe
protectedandrecoverysites.Thefollowingchangesoccurif
yourunarecoveryplan:
Duringarecovery,iftheprotectedsiteisconnectedtotherecoverysite,virtual
machinesshutdowngracefullyontheprotectedsite.
Iftheconnectionbetweensitesislost,noactionistakenbySRMagainstthe
protectedvirtualmachinesintheprotectedsite.Thedatastoresintherecoverysite
areenabledforreadandwritecapabilitiesandSRMinitiatesthepowerupofthe
virtualmachinesintherecoverysiteaccordingto
thestartuporderintherecovery
plan.
Iftheconnectionbetweenthesitesislostandtheprotectedsiteisdown,thevirtual
machinesarealreadyinashut‐downstate.
Torunarecoveryplan,thefollowingconditionsmustbeinplace:
TheVIClientmustbeconnectedtotherecoverysite.
TheroleofRecoveryPlansAdministrator.
To run a recovery plan
1Ontherecoverysite,IntheInventory,selecttheplantorun.
2OntheSummarytab,clickRunRecoveryPlan.
3ConfirmandclickRunRecoveryPlan.
Astheplanruns,thestatusofeachstepupdatesontheRecoveryStepstab.
Remove a Recovery Plan
RemovingarecoveryplanpermanentlydeletestheplanfromSRM.Youcannotretrieve
arecoveryplanafteritisdeleted.
Toremovearecoveryplan,thefollowingconditionsmustbeinplace:
TheVIClientmustbeconnectedtotherecoverysite.
TheroleofRecoveryPlansAdministrator.