Tag: VMware SRM
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How to Upgrade from Windows vCenter 5.5 to VCSA 6.5 including SRM
In last couple of days, I heard this question many times for below scenario. Since 5.5 is about to expire this month, so IT admins are upgrading their environment to new version of vSphere. Though going directly to 6.7 is something that do not meet N-1 requirement for most of the environment. Hence most of…
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Learn SRM – Part 15 – Perform Real Recovery during Disaster Scenario in VMware SRM 6.5
In last article, we saw how to perform a test DR or you can say that Test Drill using Site Recovery Manager. In this article, we are going to explore a live situation if you face a real Disaster then how will you recover Virtual Machines from Protected Site to Recovery Site. Step by Step:…
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Learn SRM – Part 14 – Perform Cleanup Activity in VMware SRM 6.5
Once our Testing has been completed, we need to run cleanup of the environment. Site Recovery Manager performs several cleanup operations after a test. Powers off the recovered virtual machines. Replaces recovered virtual machines with placeholders, preserving their identity and configuration information. Cleans up replicated storage snapshots that the recovered virtual machines used during the…
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Learn SRM – Part 13 – Perform Test Drill using VMware SRM 6.5
In earlier posts, we have gone through with the Installation and Configuration of Vmware Site Recovery Manager. We explored both version 8.1 as well as 6.5. We are no on final stage of our planning. SRM is ready for your environment. You can now plan Disaster Recovery Test to check the functionality. Here we are…
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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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Dr Pranay Jha
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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