5.5

Connect the SRM Sites in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
In a shared recovery site configuration, you connect the SRM sites in the same way as for a standard one-to-
one configuration.
If you start the site connection from one of the protected sites, SRM uses the SRM ID that you set during
installation to connect to the correct SRM Server instance on the recovery site.
If you start the site connection from one of the SRM Server instances on the shared recovery site, and you try
to connect to a protected site that has an SRM Server extension with a different SRM ID, the connection fails
with an error.
Prerequisites
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You installed SRM Server on one or more protected sites.
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You installed one or more SRM Server instances on a shared recovery site.
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You assigned the same SRM extension ID to an SRM Server instance on a protected site and to an
SRM Server instance on the shared recovery site.
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You installed the SRM client plug-in.
Procedure
1 Log in to SRM on a protected site or log in to one of the SRM instances on the shared recovery site.
2 Select Sites, click the Summary tab, and click Configure Connection.
3 Type the address of the vCenter Server on the remote site and click Next.
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If you logged in to SRM on a protected site, type the address of vCenter Server on the shared
recovery site.
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If you logged in to SRM on the shared recovery site, type the address of vCenter Server on the
corresponding protected site. The SRM extension of this vCenter Server instance must have an
SRM ID that matches theSRM ID of the SRM instance from which you are connecting.
4 Follow the prompts to accept certificates and provide the login credentials for vCenter Server on the
remote site and click Finish.
Configure Placeholders and Mappings in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
When you configure placeholders and mappings in a shared recovery site configuration, the customers of
the shared recovery site can share the resources on the recovery site. Alternatively, you can assign isolated
resources to each customer.
On a shared recovery site, multiple customers share a single vCenter Server instance. In some cases,
multiple customers can share a single ESXi host on the recovery site. You can map the resources on the
protected sites to shared resources on the shared recovery site. You might share resources on the recovery
site if you do not need to keep all of the customers' virtual machines separate, for example if all of the
customers belong to the same organization.
You can also create isolated resources on the shared recovery site and map the resources on the protected
sites to their own dedicated resources on the shared recovery site. You might use this configuration if you
must keep all of the customers' virtual machines separate from each other, for example if all of the
customers belong to different organizations.
For information about how to assign permissions to allow users to access the resources on a shared recovery
site, see Site Recovery Manager Administration.
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