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Install Multiple SRM Server Instances on a Shared Recovery Site
In a shared recovery site configuration, you can install multiple SRM Server instances that all extend the
same vCenter Server instance.
The SRM Server instances that you install on a shared recovery site each correspond to an SRM Server on a
protected site.
Prerequisites
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You created one or more protected sites, each with an SRM Server instance for which you configured a
unique SRM ID.
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Download the SRM installation file to a folder on the SRM Server host.
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This information presumes knowledge of the standard procedure for installing SRM. See “Install the
SRM Server,” on page 29 for information about a standard SRM installation.
Procedure
1 Start the SRM installer by typing the custom setup command in a command line terminal.
VMware-srm-version-build_number.exe /v"CUSTOM_SETUP=1"
2 At the VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Plugin Identifier page of the installer, select Custom
SRM Plugin Identifier and click Next.
3 Provide information to identify this SRM extension as the partner of an SRM Server server on a
protected site, and click Next.
Option Description
SRM ID
Type the same SRM ID as you provided for the corresponding SRM Server
instance on the protected site. For example, if you set the SRM ID of the
SRM Server instance on the protected site to SRM-01, set the SRM ID to
SRM-01.
Organization
Type a string of up to 50 ASCII characters to specify the organization that
created the extension.
Description
Type a string of up to 50 ASCII characters to provide a description of the
extension.
4 Follow the prompts to complete the remainder of the installation.
5 Repeat Step 1 to Step 4 to install an SRM Server with an SRM ID that matches an SRM Server on
another protected site.
Each additional SRM Server instance that you install connects to the vCenter Server instance on the
shared recovery site.
What to do next
Install the SRM client plug-in.
Install the SRM Client Plug-In In a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
After you install SRM Server instances on the shared recovery site, you must install the SRM client plug-in.
After you install the SRM client plug-in, client plug-ins from other SRM Server instances running on the
same shared site show as Available in the Manage Plug-ins interface. Install the client plug-in only once.
Subsequent installations overwrite each other.
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