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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
2 Type the root user name and password for the appliance.
You configured the root password during the OVF deployment of the vSphere Replication appliance.
3 Click the Network tab.
4 Click Status to review current network settings.
5 Click Address to review or modify IPv4 and IPv6 address settings.
IP Address Type Option Description
IPv4 DHCP DHCP is not recommended if the IP address of the appliance might change if it
reboots.
IPv4 Static With a static IPv4 address, you can modify the IP settings, DNS settings, netmask, and
host name information.
IPv4 None Deactivates IPv4 addresses.
IPv6 Auto Automatic assignment of IPv6 addresses is not recommended if the IP address of the
appliance might change if it reboots.
IPv6 Static With a static IPv6 address, you can modify the IP address and the address prefix.
6 Click Save Settings.
If you do not click Save Settings, changes are discarded.
7 Click Proxy to review or modify proxy settings.
a Select Use a proxy server to use a proxy server.
b Type a proxy server name in the HTTP Proxy Server text box.
c Type a proxy port in the Proxy Port text box.
d (Optional) Type a proxy server user name and password.
8 Click Save Settings.
If you do not click Save Settings, changes are discarded.
What to do next
A network address change might require you to reconnect the source and target sites and might also require
a change of certificate if you have activated verification of certificate validity.
Configure vSphere Replication System Settings
You can view the vSphere Replication system settings to gather information about the vSphere Replication
appliance. You can also set the system time zone, and reboot or shut down the appliance.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the vSphere Replication appliance is powered on.
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You must have administrator privileges to configure the vSphere Replication appliance.
Procedure
1 Connect to the VAMI of the vSphere Replication appliance in a Web browser.
The URL for the VAMI is https://vr-appliance-address:5480.
You can also access the VAMI by clicking Configure VR Appliance in the Summary tab in the
vSphere Replication view of the SRM interface.
2 Type the root user name and password for the server.
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