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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
Prerequisites
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To use Site Recovery Manager with vSphere Replication, deploy the appropriate version of
vSphere Replication on both of the protected and recovery sites before you install
Site Recovery Manager Server. The Site Recovery Manager installer verifies the version of
vSphere Replication during installation and stops if it detects an incompatible version. This verification
is not performed if you install vSphere Replication after you install Site Recovery Manager Server,
which might lead to incompatible versions. Incompatible versions of Site Recovery Manager and
vSphere Replication cause the vSphere Web Client to stop working. For information about
compatibility between vSphere Replication and Site Recovery Manager versions, see vSphere Replication
Requirements in the Compatibility Matrixes for Site Recovery Manager 6.1 at
https://www.vmware.com/support/srm/srm-compat-matrix-6-1.html.
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If you have existing vSphere Replication appliances on the sites, you must either upgrade them to the
correct version or unregister them from both vCenter Server instances before you install
Site Recovery Manager. For instructions about unregistering vSphere Replication, see “Unregister an
Incompatible Version of vSphere Replication,” on page 41.
Procedure
1 Deploy a vSphere Replication appliance on each of the protected sites.
2 Deploy one vSphere Replication appliance on the shared recovery site.
3 (Optional) Deploy additional vSphere Replication servers on the shared recovery site.
4 (Optional) Register the additional vSphere Replication servers with the vSphere Replication appliance
on the shared recovery site.
The vSphere Replication servers become available to all Site Recovery Manager instances on the shared
recovery site.
The shared recovery site is ready to receive replicated virtual machines that you recover from the protected
sites by using vSphere Replication.
Install Site Recovery Manager Server on Multiple Protected Sites to Use with a
Shared Recovery Site
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.
For each protected site, you must install one instance of Site Recovery Manager Server at the protected site
and one instance of Site Recovery Manager Server at the recovery site. You can only pair
Site Recovery Manager Server instances that have the same Site Recovery Manager extension ID. Each
protected site must include its own vCenter Server instance. You can connect up to 10 protected sites to a
single recovery site.
Prerequisites
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Download the Site Recovery Manager installation file to a folder on the Site Recovery Manager Server
host.
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This information presumes knowledge of the standard procedure for installing Site Recovery Manager.
See “Install Site Recovery Manager Server,” on page 34 for information about a standard
Site Recovery Manager installation.
Procedure
1 Double-click the Site Recovery Manager installer, select an installation language, and click OK.
2 Follow the prompts to begin the Site Recovery Manager installation.
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