6.1
Table Of Contents
- Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration
- Contents
- About VMware Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration
- Updated Information
- Overview of VMware Site Recovery Manager
- Site Recovery Manager System Requirements
- Creating the Site Recovery Manager Database
- Site Recovery Manager Authentication
- Creating SSL/TLS Server Endpoint Certificates for Site Recovery Manager
- Installing Site Recovery Manager
- Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Server Deployment Models
- Site Recovery Manager in a Two-Site Topology with One vCenter Server Instance per Platform Services Controller
- Site Recovery Manager in a Two-Site Topology with Multiple vCenter Server Instances per Platform Services Controller
- Site Recovery Manager in a Single Site Topology with a Shared Platform Services Controller
- Prerequisites and Best Practices for Site Recovery Manager Server Installation
- Install Site Recovery Manager Server
- Connect the Site Recovery Manager Server Instances on the Protected and Recovery Sites
- Establish a Client Connection to the Remote Site Recovery Manager Server Instance
- Install the Site Recovery Manager License Key
- Site Recovery Manager Server Does Not Start
- Unregister an Incompatible Version of vSphere Replication
- Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Server Deployment Models
- Modifying and Uninstalling Site Recovery Manager
- Modify a Site Recovery Manager Server Installation
- Reconfigure the Connection Between Sites
- Break the Site Pairing and Connect to a New Remote Site
- Repair a Site Recovery Manager Server Installation
- Rename a Site Recovery Manager Site
- Uninstall Site Recovery Manager
- Uninstall and Reinstall the Same Version of Site Recovery Manager
- Upgrading Site Recovery Manager
- Information That Site Recovery Manager Upgrade Preserves
- Types of Upgrade that Site Recovery Manager Supports
- Upgrade Site Recovery Manager
- Order of Upgrading vSphere and Site Recovery Manager Components
- Prerequisites and Best Practices for Site Recovery Manager Upgrade
- In-Place Upgrade of Site Recovery Manager Server
- Upgrade Site Recovery Manager Server with Migration
- Configure and Verify the Upgraded Site Recovery Manager Installation
- Revert to a Previous Release of Site Recovery Manager
- Installing Site Recovery Manager to Use with a Shared Recovery Site
- Shared Recovery Sites and vCenter Server Deployment Models
- Limitations of Using Site Recovery Manager in Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Site Recovery Manager Licenses in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Install Site Recovery Manager In a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Use vSphere Replication in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Install Site Recovery Manager Server on Multiple Protected Sites to Use with a Shared Recovery Site
- Install Multiple Site Recovery Manager Server Instances on a Shared Recovery Site
- Connect the Site Recovery Manager Sites in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Use Array-Based Replication in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Configure Placeholders and Mappings in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Upgrade Site Recovery Manager in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
- Index
Installing Site Recovery Manager 6
You must install a Site Recovery Manager Server instance at the protected site and also at the recovery site.
Site Recovery Manager requires a vCenter Server instance of the appropriate version at each site before you
install Site Recovery Manager Server. The Site Recovery Manager installer must be able to connect to this
vCenter Server instance during installation. For information about compatibility between vCenter Server
and Site Recovery Manager versions, see vCenter Server Requirements in the Compatibility Matrixes for Site
Recovery Manager 6.1 at https://www.vmware.com/support/srm/srm-compat-matrix-6-1.html.
After you install the Site Recovery Manager Server instances, the Site Recovery Manager plug-in appears in
the vSphere Web Client. You use the Site Recovery Manager plug-in in the vSphere Web Client for the
vCenter Server instances on the protected and recovery sites to configure and manage
Site Recovery Manager. Site Recovery Manager 6.1 does not support the vSphere Client for Windows.
Procedure
1 Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Server Deployment Models on page 28
You can install Site Recovery Manager in any of the deployment models that vCenter Server supports.
However, the vCenter Server deployment model that you select can have implications for
Site Recovery Manager operation.
2 Prerequisites and Best Practices for Site Recovery Manager Server Installation on page 32
Before you install Site Recovery Manager Server, you must perform several tasks and verify that you
have certain information.
3 Install Site Recovery Manager Server on page 34
You must install Site Recovery Manager Server at the protected site and at the recovery site.
4 Connect the Site Recovery Manager Server Instances on the Protected and Recovery Sites on page 38
Before you can use Site Recovery Manager, you must connect the Site Recovery Manager Server
instances on the protected and recovery sites. This is known as site pairing.
5 Establish a Client Connection to the Remote Site Recovery Manager Server Instance on page 39
After you connect the Site Recovery Manager Server instances, you must establish a connection from
the Site Recovery Manager interface in the vSphere Web Client to the remote
Site Recovery Manager Server.
6 Install the Site Recovery Manager License Key on page 39
Site Recovery Manager Server requires a license key to operate. Install a Site Recovery Manager license
key as soon as possible after you install Site Recovery Manager.
7 Site Recovery Manager Server Does Not Start on page 40
Site Recovery Manager depends on other services. If one of those services is not running, the
Site Recovery Manager Server does not start.
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