Alright, So we are done with previous post on installation of Site Recovery Manager 8.1 and other related components. Now we are moving to configure the SRM 8.1.
In this article, we will configure Site pairing for Protected and Recovery Sites in SRM. Look at the below step by step guide to configure Site Pairing.
Step by Step to Configure Site Pairing: –
- Login to vCenter console using vSphere Web Client. Once you will go to Home Page, You will see Site Recovery Plug in option here.
- Click on Site Recovery.
- Click on Open Site Recovery.
- You will automatically redirect to Site Recovery page. Please note that starting from SRM 8.1, it is totally HTML based now which was earlier flash based. Hence you are seeing a different console here.
- Click on New Site Pair.
- Select the vCenter you want to pair. (Primary Site)
- Select Platform Service Controller of Secondary(Recovery) Site. Click on Next.
- Click on Connect on Security Alert pop-up.
- Select the vCenter Server you want to pair. (Recovery Site)
- Select the vCenter Server you want to pair. Select the Site Recovery Manager service. Click on Next.
- Click on Connect on Security Alert Pop-up.
- Site Pairing has been completed. Review the selected settings.
- Click on Finish.
- On Site Recovery Console, you will both sites are connected to each other.
- When you will click on View Details, you can further do the more configuration.
- Here is Site Recovery Front end console, ready for further configuration.
- It will pop-up to enter credentials for Recovery Site vCenter Server.
- Review SRM summary and other configurations.
That’s is all from this Site Pairing topic. In next article, we are going to see how to Configure SRM Array Manager Pairing.
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Take a look in below topics, explore and learn Site Recovery Manager: –
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Learn SRM – Part 1 – Introduction of VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.1
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Learn SRM – Part 2 – Understand VMware Site Recovery Manager Licensing
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Learn SRM – Part 3 – Understand Minimum Requirement for SRM in your Home Lab
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Learn SRM – Part 4 – Prepare for Replicated Storage in you Home Lab (Ignore this step in Real Environment. You need to interact with Storage team for all these tasks in real environment)
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Learn SRM – Part 4.1 – Deploy HP VSA in Both Site
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Learn SRM – Part 4.2 -Configure HP VSA Appliance Networking in both Site
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Learn SRM – Part 4.3 -Install HP CMC Management Console
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Learn SRM – Part 4.4 -Add Appliance in HP CMC
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Learn SRM – Part 4.5 -Create Management Group in HP VSA
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Learn SRM – Part 4.6 -Create Cluster and Volumes in HP VSA
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Learn SRM – Part 4.7 -Find and Add ISCSI Initiator in ESXi Host
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Learn SRM – Part 4.8 -Assign Volume to ESXi Host
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Learn SRM – Part 4.9 -Scheduling Array Based Replication
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Learn SRM – Part 5 – Install VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.1 (SRM)
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Learn SRM – Part 6 – Install SRA (Storage Replication Adapter)
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Learn SRM – Part 7 – Configure Site Pairing for both Protected and Recovery Site
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Learn SRM – Part 8 – Configure SRM Array Manager Pairing
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Learn SRM – Part 9 – Configure Resource Mapping in VMware SRM
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Learn SRM – Part 10 – Create Placeholder Datastore in VMware SRM
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Learn SRM – Part 11 – Configure Protected Groups in VMware SRM
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Learn SRM – Part 12 – Configure Recovery Plans in VMware SRM
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Learn SRM – Part 13 – Perform Test Drill using VMware SRM
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Learn SRM – Part 14 – Perform Cleanup Activity in VMware SRM
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Learn SRM – Part 15 – Perform Cleanup Activity in VMware SRM
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