6.5
Table Of Contents
- Using VMware vSphere Replication
- Contents
- About Using VMware vSphere Replication
- Replicating Virtual Machines
- How the Recovery Point Objective Affects Replication Scheduling
- How the 5 Minute Recovery Point Objective Works
- How Retention Policy Works
- Replicating a Virtual Machine and Enabling Multiple Point in Time Instances
- Using vSphere Replication with Virtual SAN Storage
- Using vSphere Replication with vSphere Storage DRS
- How vSphere Replication Synchronizes Data Between vCenter Server Sites During Initial Configuration
- Replicating Virtual Machines Using Replication Seeds
- Replicating a Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance
- Best Practices For Using and Configuring vSphere Replication
- Configure Replication for a Single Virtual Machine to vCenter Server
- Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines to vCenter Server
- Move a Replication to a New vSphere Replication Server
- Stop Replicating a Virtual Machine
- Reconfiguring Replications
- Reconfigure Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) in Replications
- Resize the Virtual Machine Disk Files of a Replication that Uses Replication Seeds
- Resize Virtual Machine Disk Files of a Replication that Does Not Use Replication Seeds
- Change the Point in Time Settings of a Replication
- Change the Target Datastore Location of a Replication
- Monitoring and Managing Replications in vSphere Replication
- Performing a Recovery with vSphere Replication
- Troubleshooting vSphere Replication
- Generate vSphere Replication Support Bundle
- vSphere Replication Events and Alarms
- Solutions for Common vSphere Replication Problems
- Error at vService Bindings When Deploying the vSphere Replication Appliance
- OVF Package is Invalid and Cannot be Deployed
- Connection Errors Between vSphere Replication and SQL Server Cannot be Resolved
- Application Quiescing Changes to File System Quiescing During vMotion to an Older Host
- Configuring Replication Fails for Virtual Machines with Two Disks on Different Datastores
- vSphere Replication Service Fails with Unresolved Host Error
- Scalability Problems when Replicating Many Virtual Machines with a Short RPO to a Shared VMFS Datastore on ESXi Server 5.0
- vSphere Replication Sites Appear in the Not Authenticated State
- Error Recovering Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance
- vSphere Replication RPO Violations
- vSphere Replication Appliance Extension Cannot Be Deleted
- vSphere Replication Does Not Start After Moving the Host
- Unexpected vSphere Replication Failure Results in a Generic Error
- Reconnecting Sites Fails If One Of the vCenter Servers Has Changed Its IP Address
- Uploading a Valid Certificate to vSphere Replication Results in a Warning
- vSphere Replication Server Registration Takes Several Minutes
- Generating Support Bundles Disrupts vSphere Replication Recovery
- vSphere Replication Operations Take a Long Time to Complete
- vSphere Replication Operations Fail with Authentication Error
- vSphere Replication Does Not Display Incoming Replications When the Source Site is Inaccessible
- vSphere Replication is Inaccessible After Changing vCenter Server Certificate
- vSphere Replication Cannot Establish a Connection to the Hosts
- Anti-virus Agent in Firewall Terminates Virtual Machine Replication
- Initial Full Synchronization of Virtual Machine Files to VMware Virtual SAN Storage Is Slow
- Configuring Replication Fails Because Another Virtual Machine has the Same Instance UUID
- Not Active Replication Status of Virtual Machines
- vSphere Replication Operations Run Slowly as the Number of Replications Increases
- Error at Reconfiguring the vSphere Replication Management Server from the Virtual Appliance Management Interface
- Unable to Establish an SSH Connection to the vSphere Replication Appliance
- The Replication Pauses When You Add a New Disk To the Source VM
- The vSphere Replication Appliance Root File System Switches to Read-only Mode and Login Fails
OVF Package is Invalid and Cannot be Deployed
When you attempt to deploy OVF for the vSphere Replication appliance, an OVF package error might
occur.
Problem
The error OVF package is invalid and cannot be deployed might appear while you attempt to
deploy the vSphere Replication appliance.
Cause
This problem is due to the vCenter Server port being changed from the default of 80.
Solution
If possible, change the vCenter Server port back to 80.
Connection Errors Between vSphere Replication and SQL Server
Cannot be Resolved
You cannot resolve a connection error between the vSphere Replication appliance and SQL Server.
Problem
vSphere Replication might not be able to connect to SQL Server, and you have insufficient information to
solve this problem.
Cause
Several issues can cause this problem, and initially available information about the problem is insufficient
to affect a resolution.
Solution
1 Use a file management tool to connect to the vSphere Replication appliance.
For example, you might use SCP or WinSCP. Connect using the root account, which is the same
account used to connect to the VAMI.
2 Delete any files you find in /opt/vmware/hms/logs.
3 Connect to the VAMI and attempt to save the vSphere Replication configuration.
This action recreates the SQL error.
4 Connect to the vSphere Replication appliance again and find the hms-configtool.log file which is
in /opt/vmware/hms/logs.
This log file contains information about the error that just occurred. Use this information to
troubleshoot the connection issue, or provide the information to VMware for further assistance. For
more details, seeReconfigure vSphere Replication to Use an External Database in the
vSphere Replication Installation and Configuration guide.
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