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Table Of Contents
- Site Recovery Manager Administration Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Administering VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Installing and Updating Site Recovery Manager
- Configuring the SRM Database
- About the vSphere Replication Management Database
- Install the SRM Server
- Upgrading SRM
- Install Storage Replication Adapters
- Install the SRM Client Plug-In
- Connect the Sites
- Revert to a Previous Release
- Repair or Modify the Installation of a Site Recovery Manager Server
- Install the SRM License Key
- Establishing Inventory Mappings and Placeholder Datastores
- Configuring Array-Based Protection
- Installing vSphere Replication Servers
- Creating Protection Groups and Replicating Virtual Machines
- Limitations to Protection and Recovery of Virtual Machines
- Create Array-Based Protection Groups
- Create vSphere Replication Protection Groups
- Configure Replication for a Single Virtual Machine
- Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines
- Replicate Virtual Machines Using Physical Couriering
- Move a Virtual Machine to a New vSphere Replication Server
- Apply Inventory Mappings to All Members of a Protection Group
- Recovery Plans and Reprotection
- Customizing Site Recovery Manager
- Customizing a Recovery Plan
- Configure Protection for a Virtual Machine or Template
- Configure Resource Mappings for a Virtual Machine
- Configure SRM Alarms
- Working with Advanced Settings
- Troubleshooting SRM
- Index
Table 1-6. SRM Protection Limits for Array Based Protection
Item Maximum
Protected virtual machines per protection group 500
Protected virtual machines 1000
Protection groups per recovery plan 150
Datastore groups 150
Concurrent recoveries 10
Table 1-7. SRM Protection Limits for vSphere Replication Protection
Item Maximum
Protected virtual machines per protection group 500
Protected virtual machines 500
Protection groups per recovery plan 250
Datastore groups 250
Concurrent recoveries 10
Table 1-8. SRM Deployment Limits for vSphere Replication
Item Maximum
vSphere Replication Management Server (VRMS) appliances
per vCenter Server instance
1
vSphere Replication Server (VRS) appliances registered to a
VRMS appliance
5
Virtual machine replication schedules per VRS appliance 100
VMware recommends that you never use SRM to protect Active Directory domain controllers. Active Directory
provides its own replication technology and restore mode, and these technologies can be used to handle
disaster recovery situations.
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