5.5

You can customize the IP settings for the protected and the recovery sites so that SRM uses the correct
configurations during reprotect operations.
See the Compatibility Matrix for vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.5 for the list of guest operating systems
for which SRM supports IP customization.
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Syntax of the DR IP Customizer Tool on page 68
The DR IP Customizer tool includes options that you can use to gather networking information about
the virtual machines that SRM protects. You can also use the options to apply customizations to
virtual machines when they start up on the recovery site.
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Structure of the DR IP Customizer CSV File on page 69
The DR IP Customizer comma-separated value (CSV) file consists of a header row that defines the
meaning of each column in the file, and one or more rows for each placeholder virtual machine in a
recovery plan.
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Modifying the DR IP Customizer CSV File on page 72
You modify the DR IP Customizer comma-separated value (CSV) file to apply customized networking
settings to virtual machines when they start on the recovery site.
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Run DR IP Customizer to Customize IP Properties for Multiple Virtual Machines on page 77
You can use the DR IP Customizer tool to customize the IP properties for multiple virtual machines
that SRM protects.
Syntax of the DR IP Customizer Tool
The DR IP Customizer tool includes options that you can use to gather networking information about the
virtual machines that SRM protects. You can also use the options to apply customizations to virtual
machines when they start up on the recovery site.
You find the dr-ip-customizer.exe executable file in C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vCenter Site
Recovery Manager\bin on the SRM Server host machine. When you run dr-ip-customizer.exe, you specify
different options depending on whether you are generating or applying a comma-separated value (CSV)
file.
dr-ip-customizer.exe
--cfg SRM Server configuration XML
--cmd apply/drop/generate
[--csv Name of existing CSV File]
[--out Name of new CSV file to generate]
[--vc vCenter Server address]
[--ignore-thumbprint]
[--extra-dns-columns]
[--verbose]
You can run the DR IP Customizer tool on either the protected site or on the recovery site. Virtual machine
IDs for protected virtual machines are different at each site, so whichever site you use when you run the DR
IP Customizer tool to generate the CSV file, you must use the same site when you run DR IP Customizer
again to apply the settings.
Some of the options that the DR IP Customizer tool provides are mandatory, others are optional.
Table 8‑1. DR IP Customizer Options
Option Description Mandatory
-h [ --help ]
Displays usage information about
dr-ip-customizer.exe.
No
--cfg arg
Path to the XML configuration file of
the SRM Server, vmware-dr.xml file.
Yes
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