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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
Figure 9‑1. Example of Using Site Recovery Manager in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
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Shared Recovery Sites and vCenter Server Deployment Models on page 72
You can use Site Recovery Manager in a shared recovery site configuration in any of the deployment
models that vCenter Server supports.
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Limitations of Using Site Recovery Manager in Shared Recovery Site Configuration on page 73
When you configure Site Recovery Manager to use a shared recovery site, Site Recovery Manager
supports the same operations as it does in a standard one-to-one configuration. Using
Site Recovery Manager with a shared recovery site is subject to some limitations.
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Site Recovery Manager Licenses in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration on page 75
If you configure Site Recovery Manager to use with a shared recovery site, you can assign licenses
individually on the shared recovery site. You can also share a license between all
Site Recovery Manager Server instances on the shared recovery site.
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Install Site Recovery Manager In a Shared Recovery Site Configuration on page 76
To install Site Recovery Manager in a shared recovery site configuration, you deploy
Site Recovery Manager Server on one or more protected sites, and deploy a corresponding number of
Site Recovery Manager Server instances on the shared recovery site.
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Upgrade Site Recovery Manager in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration on page 82
You can upgrade existing Site Recovery Manager installations that use a shared recovery site.
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