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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
Establish a Client Connection to the Remote
Site Recovery Manager Server Instance
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.
You require a client connection to the remote Site Recovery Manager Server to perform operations that
affect both sites, such as configuring inventory mappings and creating protection groups. If you do not
establish the client connection, Site Recovery Manager prompts you to log in to the remote site when you
attempt operations that affect both sites.
Prerequisites
You connected the Site Recovery Manager Server instances on the protected and recovery sites.
Procedure
1 Connect to vSphere Web Client on one of the sites, and select Site Recovery > Sites.
2 Right-click the remote site, select Login Site, enter the vCenter Single Sign-On username and password
for the remote site, and click Login.
Install the Site Recovery Manager License Key
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.
Prerequisites
Site Recovery Manager uses the vSphere licensing infrastructure for license management. Ensure that you
have sufficient vSphere licenses for Site Recovery Manager to protect and recover virtual machines on both
sites.
Procedure
1 Connect vSphere Web Client to a vCenter Server instance on which Site Recovery Manager is installed.
2 On the vSphere Web Client Home tab, click Licensing.
3 Click the plus sign on the Licenses tab.
4 Enter the Site Recovery Manager license key in the License Keys text box and click Next.
5 Update the license name, review the details of the license, and click Finish.
6 Click the Assets tab and click Solutions.
7 Right-click the Site Recovery Manager site and select Assign License.
8 Select the license from the list of available licenses, and click OK.
9 Repeat step Step 1 through Step 8 to assign Site Recovery Manager license keys to all appropriate
vCenter Server instances.
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