How do I set up Site Recovery Manager?

How do I set up Site Recovery Manager?

Install and Configure VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.3 Virtual Appliance

  1. Deploy Site Recovery Manager 8.3 Virtual Appliance.
  2. Configure SRM Virtual Appliance.
  3. Connect to vCenter Server.
  4. New Site Pair.
  5. Installing Storage Replication Adapter (SRA)
  6. Configure Array Pair.
  7. Configure Inventory Mappings.

What is the use of SRM in VMware?

VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) provides policy-based management, minimizes downtime in case of disasters via automated orchestration, and enables nondisruptive testing of your disaster recovery plans.

How do I add an SRM license?

Procedure

  1. Log in to the vSphere Client.
  2. Click Menu > Administration.
  3. Expand Licensing and click Licenses.
  4. On the Assests tab, click the Solutions tab.
  5. Select the vCenter Server instance on which Site Recovery Manager is installed.
  6. Click Assign License.
  7. In the Assign License dialog box, click New License tab.

How does SRM replication work?

SRM leverages VMware vSphere Replication to provide hypervisor-based virtual machine replication. It protects VMs from partial or complete site failures by copying the virtual machines from a primary site to a secondary site, or from multiple sources to a single disaster recovery site.

What is the difference between Site recovery Manager and vSphere replication?

vSphere Replication can be used independently or included in the VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for disaster recovery plans. vSphere Replication license is included in vSphere Enterprise Plus, while SRM is an independent product and is a per VM or per CPU (as part of vCloud Suite Enterprise) license.

What is vCenter SRM?

How do I enable SSH in SRM appliance?

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface as admin.
  2. Click Access.
  3. In the SSH pane, click Enable or Disable.

What is SRM recovery plan?

vCenter Site recovery manager recovery plan is a automated plan for recovering protected virtual machines to the recovery site. SRM recovery plan includes one or more protection groups. You can include a protection group in more than one recovery plan.

How do I access VMware SRM portal?

In a web browser, go to the Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface at https:// appliance-IP-address-or-FQDN . Click Launch SRM Appliance Management.

How do I recover a configuration manager site?

Recover a Configuration Manager site 1 Considerations before recovering a site. This information applies only to site recovery scenarios. 2 Determine your recovery options. 3 Site recovery procedures. 4 Post-recovery tasks. 5 Recover a secondary site.

How to configure site Recovery Manager (SRM)?

Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration VMware, Inc. 57 Procedure 1 Log in to the Site Recovery Manager Appliance Management Interface as admin. 2 Click Access 3 In the SSH pane, click Enable or Disable Forward Site Recovery Manager Appliance Log Files to Remote Syslog Server

How do I configure network mappings in site recovery manager?

Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration VMware, Inc. 107 3 On the Site Pair tab expand Configure , and select the type of resource to configure, Network Mappings

What is the default site recovery manager installation folder?

The default installation folder for Site Recovery Manager is C:\\Program Files\\VMware \\VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager. If you use a different folder, the pathname must be up to 120 characters including the end slash, and you must use ASCII characters.