Tag: vmware srm 8.1
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Learn SRM – Part 12 – Configure Recovery Plans in VMware SRM 6.5
In this article, we are going to cover Recovery Plan. We will see how you can create a Recovery plan. A recovery plan specifies how Site Recovery Manager recovers the virtual machines in the protection groups that it contains. You can include one or more protection groups in a recovery plan. Step by Step Guide:…
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Learn SRM – Part 11 – Configure Protected Groups in VMware SRM 6.5
In Previous post, we explored how to created Placeholder Datastore. Now we are going to Configure Protected Groups in VMware SRM. Protection group is a collection of virtual machines that Site Recovery Manager protects together. Let’s take an example you have any specific set of Virtual machines i;e App VMs, DB VMs. You can group…
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Learn SRM – Part 10 – Create Placeholder Datastore in VMware SRM 6.5
Welcome back to the new article on VMware SRM. This topic will cover how to Create Placeholder Datastore in VMware SRM. I am using VMware SRM 6.5. For every virtual machine in a protection group, Site Recovery Manager creates a placeholder virtual machine at the recovery site. You must identify a datastore on the recovery…
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Learn SRM – Part 9 – Configure Inventory Mapping in VMware SRM 6.5
Welcome back to new topic of VMware Site Recovery Manager. In last article, we saw how to Configure Array Manager. Here we are going to configure Resource Mapping which is one of important point to know for every VMware admin who is using SRM. If you configure site-wide inventory mappings before you create protection groups,…
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Learn SRM – Part 8 – Configure SRM Array Manager Pairing – SRM 6.5
Hey Friends, Coming to the next point of Site Recovery Manager which is to Configure SRM Array Manager Pairing. Please note that I am gong to use Site Recovery Manager 6.5 now as there is compatibility issue with HP VSA with SRM 8.1. HP has not released a compatible version of SRA for SRM 8.1…
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Learn SRM – Part 7 – Configure Site Pairing in VMware SRM 8.1
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.…
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Learn SRM – Part 5 – Install VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.1 (SRM)
In earlier posts, we have configured Array based replication for our DR environment. Now we are going to install VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 8.1 in our environment. Follow below steps to install SRM 8.1. Download VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.1 from VMware download portal. Click Here. Install a Windows Server Operating System with minimum…
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Learn SRM – Part 7 – Configure Site Pairing for both Protected and Recovery Sites in VMware SRM 8.1
In earlier posts, we installed SRM and other components in both Protected and Recovery sites. Now we need to pair both sites so that it can be connected to each other. Login to vCenter server using vSphere Web Client. Go to Home page and Click on Site Recovery. Click on Open Site Recovery. Open Site…
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Learn SRM – Part 4.9 – Scheduling Array Based Replication
Alright mates, we are all set to configure Array based replication for our DR environment. This array will be used to replicate Virtual machines from one site(Protected) to another site(Recovery). Let me recall it again there there are two replication methods in VMware SRM. 1) vSphere Replication 2) Array-based Replication. Here we are using Array…
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Learn SRM – Part 4.7 – Find and Add ISCSI Initiator in ESXi Host
In previous post, we explored that how to create Volumes and Cluster. Now we need to add those volumes to ESXi Hosts. To add any iSCSI volume in ESXi Host, you need to Configure iSCSI port at ESXi Host. Login to vCenter Server through vSphere Web Client. Go to ESXi Host. Click on Configure and…
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Learn SRM – Part 4.7 – Find and Add ISCSI Initiator in ESXi Host
In previous post, we explored that how to create Volumes and Cluster. Now we need to add those volumes to ESXi Hosts. To add any iSCSI volume in ESXi Host, you need to Configure iSCSI port at ESXi Host. Login to vCenter Server through vSphere Web Client. Go to ESXi Host. Click on Configure and…
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Learn SRM – Part 4.3 – Install HP CMC Management Console
We have deployed the HP VSA and configured the network of it in previous articles. Now we are going to install HP CMC Management Console to Manage and Monitor the HP VSA systems. You can install this in any client machine or server. It doesn’t require such specific configuration. Follow below steps. Open the HP…
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Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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