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2 Right-click a site and select Reconfigure Pairing.
You can initiate the reconfiguration from either site, even if you only changed the installation on one of
the sites.
3 Enter the address of the Platform Services Controller on the remote site and click Next.
4 Select the vCenter Server instance with which Site Recovery Manager is registered on the remote site,
provide the vCenter Single Sign-On username and password, and click Finish.
If the Platform Services Controller manages more than one vCenter Server instance, the other
vCenter Server instances appear in the list but you cannot select a different instance. You can only select
the vCenter Server instance that Site Recovery Manager already extends.
Break the Site Pairing and Connect to a New Remote Site
To connect a Site Recovery Manager site to a new remote site, you must remove the existing
Site Recovery Manager configurations and break the pairing between the existing sites.
Site pairing makes modifications on both Site Recovery Manager sites. You cannot reconfigure an existing
pairing between Site Recovery Manager sites to connect Site Recovery Manager on one site to a new
Site Recovery Manager site. You must remove all configuration from both sites in the existing pair, then
break the connection between the sites before you can configure a new site pairing. You cannot break the
site pairing until you have removed all existing configurations between the sites.
Prerequisites
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You have an existing Site Recovery Manager installation with two connected sites.
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Make a full backup of the Site Recovery Manager database on both sites by using the tools that the
database software provides. For instructions about how to back up the embedded database, see “Back
Up and Restore the Embedded vPostgres Database,” on page 19.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, click Site Recovery > Recovery Plans > Objects, highlight all recovery
plans, right-click and select Delete Recovery Plan.
You cannot delete recovery plans that are running.
2 Select Site Recovery > Protection Groups, select a protection group, and click Related Objects >
Virtual Machines.
3 Highlight all virtual machines, right-click, and select Remove Protection.
Removing protection from a virtual machine deletes the placeholder virtual machine from the recovery
site. Repeat this operation for all protection groups.
NOTE This step applies to array-based protection groups and to vSphere Replication protection groups.
You cannot remove protection from virtual machines in storage policy protection groups. Skip this step
for storage policy protection groups.
4 In the Protection Groups > Objects tab, highlight all protection groups, right-click and select Delete
Protection Group.
You cannot delete a protection group that is included in a recovery plan. You cannot delete array-based
or vSphere Replication protection groups that contain virtual machines on which protection is still
configured.
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