5.5

Change Remote Site Settings
You can modify the default values that the SRM Server at the protected site uses to determine whether the
SRM Server at the remote site is available.
SRM monitors the connection between the protected site and the recovery site and raises alarms if the
connection breaks. You can change the criteria that cause SRM to raise a connection event and change the
way that SRM raises alarms.
Procedure
1 Click Sites in the SRM interface, right-click the site on which to change settings, and select Advanced
Settings.
2 Click remoteSiteStatus.
3 Modify the settings.
Option Action
Change the number of remote site
status checks (pings) to try before
declaring the check a failure
Type a new value in the remoteSiteStatus.pingFailedDelay text box.
Change the number of failed pings
before raising a site down event
Type a new value in the remoteSiteStatus.panicDelay text box.
Change the interval at which SRM
checks whether the SRM Server at
the remote site is available
Type a new value in the remoteSiteStatus.pingInterval text box.
4 Click OK to save your changes.
Change the Timeout for the Creation of Placeholder Virtual Machines
You can adjust replication settings to modify how long SRM waits for the creation of virtual machine
placeholders to finish.
Procedure
1 Click Sites in the SRM interface, right-click the site on which to change settings, and select Advanced
Settings.
2 Click replication.
3 Change the replication.placeholderVmCreationTimeout setting to modify the number of seconds to
wait when creating a placeholder virtual machine.
4 Click OK to save your changes.
Change Storage Settings
You can adjust the settings of your storage array, to modify how SRM and vCenter Server communicate
with the storage replication adapter (SRA).
Procedure
1 Click Sites in the SRM interface, right-click the site on which to change settings, and select Advanced
Settings.
2 Click storage.
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