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Table Of Contents
- VMware vSphere Replication Administration
- Contents
- vSphere Replication Administration
- Updated Information
- Overview of VMware vSphere Replication
- vSphere Replication Roles and Permissions
- vSphere Replication System Requirements
- Installing vSphere Replication
- Deploying Additional vSphere Replication Servers
- Upgrading vSphere Replication
- Reconfigure the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Reconfigure General vSphere Replication Settings
- Change the SSL Certificate of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Change the Password of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Change Keystore and Truststore Passwords of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Configure vSphere Replication Network Settings
- Configure vSphere Replication System Settings
- Reconfigure vSphere Replication to Use an External Database
- Use the Embedded vSphere Replication Database
- Replicating Virtual Machines
- How the Recovery Point Objective Affects Replication Scheduling
- Replicating a Virtual Machine and Enabling Multiple Point in Time Instances
- Using vSphere Replication with Virtual SAN Storage
- Replicating Virtual Machines Using Replication Seeds
- Replicating a Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance
- Configure Replication for a Single Virtual Machine
- Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines
- Move a Virtual Machine to a New vSphere Replication Server
- Stop Replicating a Virtual Machine
- Reconfiguring Replications
- Performing a Recovery with vSphere Replication
- Monitoring and Managing Replications in vSphere Replication
- Troubleshooting vSphere Replication
- vSphere Replication Limitations
- Access the vSphere Replication Logs
- 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 Disconnected 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
- Increase the Memory of the vSphere Replication Server for Large Deployments
- 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 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
- vSphere Web Client 5.1.x Non-Functioning Option Binds vSphere Replication Traffic to a Specific vmknic
- Configuring Replication Fails After Rebuilding VRMS
- vSphere Replication Operations Run Slowly as the Number of Replications Increases
Identifying Replication Problems in the Issues Tab
You can view and troubleshoot possible vSphere Replication problems that might occur during replication
at the Issues tab of the corresponding vCenter Server.
Table 10‑1. Possible Replication Problems
Problem Cause Solution
Not
Active
The replication is not active because the virtual machine is
powered off and a warning icon appears. Replication is not running
for that virtual machine.
Power on the virtual machine to resume
replication.
Paused If you paused the replication, a warning icon appears. Resume the paused replication from the Issues
tab.
Error If you added a disk on a virtual machine which is already
configured for replication, the replication pauses and goes to an
error state.
Reconfigure the replication and enable or disable
the newly added disk.
Error While configuring replication, the replication fails with the incorrect
UUID. For example, the replication seed found and intended for
use has a different UUID from the original hard disk.
Reconfigure the replication.
Error You do not use replication seeds during configuration, but a disk
with the same name is found during configuration.
Reconfigure the replication.
RPO
Violation
A replication contains an RPO violation. See Reconfigure Recovery Point Objectives
(RPO) in Replications.
Manage Target Sites
You can reconnect and disconnect target replication sites. You can also connect new sites to the currently
selected site.
To connect to a remote site, see Configure vSphere Replication Connections.
Prerequisites
Verify that vSphere Replication is running.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Web Client.
2 Select the vCenter Server to which the vSphere Replication appliance is registered.
3 Click Manage and click vSphere Replication.
4 In Target Sites, right-click a site and select Disconnect or Reconnect.
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