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Table Of Contents
- Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration
- Contents
- About Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration
- Overview of VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
- Site Recovery Manager System Requirements
- Creating the SRM Database
- SRM Authentication
- Installing SRM
- Upgrading SRM
- Configuring Array-Based Protection
- Installing vSphere Replication
- Deploy the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Configure vSphere Replication Connections
- Reconfigure the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Reconfigure General vSphere Replication Settings
- Change the SSL Certificate of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Change the Password of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Change Keystore and Truststore Passwords of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Configure vSphere Replication Network Settings
- Configure vSphere Replication System Settings
- Reconfigure vSphere Replication to Use an External Database
- Use the Embedded vSphere Replication Database
- Deploy an Additional vSphere Replication Server
- Register an Additional vSphere Replication Server
- Reconfigure vSphere Replication Server Settings
- Unregister and Remove a vSphere Replication Server
- Uninstall vSphere Replication
- Unregister vSphere Replication from vCenter Server if the Appliance Was Deleted
- Upgrading vSphere Replication
- Creating SRM Placeholders and Mappings
- Installing SRM to Use with a Shared Recovery Site
- Limitations of Using SRM in Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- SRM Licenses in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Install SRM In a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Install SRM Server on Multiple Protected Sites to Use with a Shared Recovery Site
- Install Multiple SRM Server Instances on a Shared Recovery Site
- Install the SRM Client Plug-In In a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Connect to SRM in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Connect the SRM Sites in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Configure Placeholders and Mappings in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Use Array-Based Replication in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Use vSphere Replication in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Troubleshooting SRM Installation and Configuration
- Cannot Restore SQL Database to a 32-Bit Target Virtual Machine During SRM Upgrade
- SRM Server Does Not Start
- vSphere Client Cannot Connect to SRM
- Site Pairing Fails Because of Different Certificate Trust Methods
- Error at vService Bindings When Deploying the vSphere Replication Appliance
- OVF Package is Invalid and Cannot be Deployed
- vSphere Replication Appliance or vSphere Replication Server Does Not Deploy from the SRM Interface
- Connection Errors Between vSphere Replication and SQL Server Cannot be Resolved
- 404 Error Message when Attempting to Pair vSphere Replication Appliances
- vSphere Replication Service Fails with Unresolved Host Error
- Increase the Memory of the vSphere Replication Server for Large Deployments
- vSphere Replication Appliance Extension Cannot Be Deleted
- Uploading a Valid Certificate to vSphere Replication Results in a Warning
- vSphere Replication Status Shows as Disconnected
- vSphere Replication Server Registration Takes Several Minutes
- vSphere Replication is Inaccessible After Changing vCenter Server Certificate
- Index
8 Set the appliance properties, and click Next.
Option Description
Password
Type and confirm a root password for the appliance.
Initial Configuration
Use the embedded vSphere Replication database. If you use the embedded
database, you can use vSphere Replication immediately after deployment.
Deselect the checkbox to use vSphere Replication with an external
database. If you use an external database, you must set up the database
before you can use vSphere Replication.
Networking Properties
If you do not set network settings, the appliance uses DHCP. Set a static IP
address for the appliance. You can also reconfigure network settings after
deployment by using the virtual appliance management interface (VAMI).
9 Review the binding to the vCenter Extension vService and click Next.
10 (Optional) Select the Power on virtual machine check box and click Finish.
If you deploy the vSphere Replication OVF file from the default location, the check box is selected
automatically.
11 Repeat the procedure to install vSphere Replication on the secondary site.
When the OVF deployment finishes and the appliance has booted, vSphere Replication registers as an
extension with vCenter Server. The vSphere Replication appliance appears under the site name in the
vSphere Replication tab of the SRM interface. vSphere Replication is ready for use immediately after you
deploy the appliance. No manual configuration or registration is required.
What to do next
Connect the vSphere Replication sites. You can also perform optional reconfiguration of the
vSphere Replication appliance.
Configure vSphere Replication Connections
To use vSphere Replication between two sites managed by different vCenter Server instances, you need to
configure a connection between the two vSphere Replication appliances.
You can complete this process on either site on which you have installed a vSphere Replication appliance. If
you are using an untrusted certificate, certificate warnings might appear during the process. You can also
configure connection between the two sites when you configure a replication.
Prerequisites
Verify that you have deployed SRM at two sites and configured the connection between the SRM sites.
Verifiy that you have deployed the vSphere Replication appliances at the two sites.
Procedure
1 Click vSphere Replication in the left pane of the SRM interface, and select a site.
A site is indicated by a folder icon.
2 Click the Summary tab.
3 Click Configure VR Connection.
4 Click Yes to confirm that you want to connect the sites.
5 Click OK.
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