6.1

Install Site Recovery Manager In a Shared Recovery Site
Configuration
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.
You can only pair protected and recovery sites that have the same Site Recovery Manager extension ID.
Procedure
1 Use vSphere Replication in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration on page 76
You can use vSphere Replication with Site Recovery Manager in a shared recovery site configuration
in the same way that you do in a standard one-to-one configuration.
2 Install Site Recovery Manager Server on Multiple Protected Sites to Use with a Shared Recovery Site
on page 77
You install Site Recovery Manager Server to use with a shared recovery site by running the
Site Recovery Manager installer and specifying a Site Recovery Manager ID for the site pair.
3 Install Multiple Site Recovery Manager Server Instances on a Shared Recovery Site on page 78
In a shared recovery site configuration, you can install multiple Site Recovery Manager Server
instances that all extend the same vCenter Server instance on the shared recovery site.
4 Connect the Site Recovery Manager Sites in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration on page 79
In a shared recovery site configuration, you connect the Site Recovery Manager sites in the same way
as for a standard one-to-one configuration.
5 Use Array-Based Replication in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration on page 80
You can use array-based replication with Site Recovery Manager in a shared recovery site
configuration in the same way as you do in a standard one-to-one configuration.
6 Configure Placeholders and Mappings in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration on page 81
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.
Use vSphere Replication in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
You can use vSphere Replication with Site Recovery Manager in a shared recovery site configuration in the
same way that you do in a standard one-to-one configuration.
You deploy one vSphere Replication appliance on each protected site. You deploy only one
vSphere Replication appliance on the shared recovery site. All of the vSphere Replication appliances on the
protected sites connect to this single vSphere Replication appliance on the recovery site. You deploy the
vSphere Replication appliances in the same way as for a standard one-to-one configuration.
IMPORTANT Deploy only one vSphere Replication appliance on the shared recovery site. If you deploy
multiple vSphere Replication appliances on the shared recovery site, each new vSphere Replication
appliance overwrites the registration of the previous vSphere Replication appliance with vCenter Server.
This overwrites all existing replications and configurations.
You can deploy multiple additional vSphere Replication servers on the shared recovery site to distribute the
replication load. For example, you can deploy on the shared recovery site a vSphere Replication server for
each of the protected sites that connects to the shared recovery site. For information about protection and
recovery limits when using vSphere Replication with Site Recovery Manager in a shared recovery site
configuration, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2119336.
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