4.0

In an SRM recovery plan that defines three placeholder virtual machines, the generated file might look
like this:
VM ID,VM Name,Adapter ID,MAC Address,DNS Domain,Net BIOS,Primary WINS,Secondary WINS,IP
Address,Subnet Mask,Gateway(s),DNS Server(s),DNS Suffix(es)
shdw1,srm1,0,,,,,,,,,,
shdw2,srm2,0,,,,,,,,,,
shdw3,srm3,0,,,,,,,,,,
The file consists of a header row that defines the meaning of each column, and a single row for each
placeholder virtual machine found in the recovery plan. The only columns populated with values are:
n
VM ID (the ID for the placeholder virtual machine)
n
VM Name (the name of the placeholder virtual machine)
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Adapter ID (always 0, which designates global IP settings, not specific to any adapter)
All the other columns are empty.
4 Edit the generated file to customize IP properties for the virtual machines in the recovery plan.
This example shows the result of opening the output of dr-ip-customizer with a spreadsheet program
and creating additional rows that define network settings for placeholder virtual machines in the recovery
plan.
Table 5-3. IP Customization Spreadsheet
VM ID
VM
Name
Adap
ter ID
MAC
Addr
ess
DNS
Dom
ain
NetBI
OS
Prim
ary
WINS
Seco
ndary
WINS
IP
Addr
ess
Subn
et
Mask
Gate
way(
s)
DNS
Serve
r(s)
DNS
Suffix(
es)
shdw1 srm1 0 10.10.
10.1
exampl
e.com
shdw1 1 00:1f:
3a:
38:29:
9c
exam
ple.co
m
dhcp
shdw2 srm2 0
shdw2 1 00:1c:
23:3d:
b9:e3
exam
ple.co
m
10.10.
10.10
10.13.
99.4
255.2
55.0.0
10.10.
10.10
0
10.10.
10.1
shdw2 1 10.10.
10.2
shdw3 srm3 0
shdw3 1 00:1a:
3f:b8:f
3:79
exam
ple.co
m
10.10.
10.10
10.13.
99.5
255.2
55.0.0
10.10.
10.10
0
10.10.
10.1
shdw3 1 10.10.
10.2
The following rules apply when you modify a CSV file created by the dr-ip-customizer utility.
n
Commas are not allowed in any field.
n
The VM Name field is intended as a reference for the user customizing the file. It is populated when
the CSV file is created but ignored when the modifications are applied to the recovery plan. It cannot
be used to rename a virtual machine.
n
The only fields that you can modify for a row where Adapter ID is 0 are DNS Server(s) and DNS
Suffix(es). These values, if specified, are inherited by all other adapters for that VM ID.
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