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    <title>topic SRM Configuration in Site Recovery Manager Discussions</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/SRM-Configuration/m-p/2052462#M9444</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi Everyone,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am new to this forum but hoping to get solutions of my issues. I am using VMware VSphere 4 with two sites, on for protection and the other for recovery. I have installed SRM on Sites for testing purpose.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would like to know that I am not using any External storgae /Array like SAN or NAS and using the direct storage with ESX servers. When I am trying to setup tyhe Site Recovery I could not confiure Array becaue of the above reason. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When I try to create protection group, I couldnt do that as the create option is disabled&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Therefore, When I create a recovery plan I couldnt find any protection group in the list.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The configuration I have made on Recovery sites are not reflected on Protection site and vice versa. while connection is configured successfully and showing connected.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would appreciate if any of you can guide me in this regard ? as I am not sure whether I can use SRM with storage.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Waydees&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:01:37 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>waydees</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2009-11-17T08:01:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>SRM Configuration</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/SRM-Configuration/m-p/2052462#M9444</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi Everyone,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I am new to this forum but hoping to get solutions of my issues. I am using VMware VSphere 4 with two sites, on for protection and the other for recovery. I have installed SRM on Sites for testing purpose.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would like to know that I am not using any External storgae /Array like SAN or NAS and using the direct storage with ESX servers. When I am trying to setup tyhe Site Recovery I could not confiure Array becaue of the above reason. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;When I try to create protection group, I couldnt do that as the create option is disabled&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Therefore, When I create a recovery plan I couldnt find any protection group in the list.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The configuration I have made on Recovery sites are not reflected on Protection site and vice versa. while connection is configured successfully and showing connected.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;I would appreciate if any of you can guide me in this regard ? as I am not sure whether I can use SRM with storage.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Waydees&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:01:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/SRM-Configuration/m-p/2052462#M9444</guid>
      <dc:creator>waydees</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-17T08:01:37Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: SRM Configuration</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/SRM-Configuration/m-p/2052463#M9445</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Can't be done.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SRM requires shared storage - with arrays that replicate with either SAN, iSCSI or NFS.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;From a vendor recognised on the HCL...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Even replication engines that install to the ESX hosts like Veeam vReplicator or VizionCore Replicator - or NOT certified for use with SRM.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SO as you have correctly discovered - no Array Manage configuration = no protection groups = no recover plans...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Mike Laverick&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RTFM Education&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Author of the SRM Book:http://stores.lulu.com/rtfm&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Free PDF or at-cost Hard Copy&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG src="http://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/1200101-20223/vExpert_logo_100x57.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:46:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/SRM-Configuration/m-p/2052463#M9445</guid>
      <dc:creator>Michelle_Laveri</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-17T10:46:32Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: SRM Configuration</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/SRM-Configuration/m-p/2052464#M9446</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks Mike for your promot and perfect reply. I would be greatful to you if you could advise me for setting up my Vmware site with high availabilty and Business continuty. I dont have any SAN but interested to go for the option of SAN with two VMWare Hosts and a remote site for business continuty. I just wanted to know that if I go for VMWare Vsphere Enterprise with SRM , would i be able to achive my goal ? or I need to go for a third party solution for replication b/w local and remote sites ? Any suggestion and advise in this respect would be highly appreciated.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WAYDEES&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:24:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/SRM-Configuration/m-p/2052464#M9446</guid>
      <dc:creator>waydees</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-22T11:24:27Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: SRM Configuration</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/SRM-Configuration/m-p/2052465#M9447</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;BLOCKQUOTE level="1"&gt;&lt;PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" title="waydees wrote:"&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;&lt;P&gt;Thanks Mike for your promot and perfect reply. I would be greatful to you if you could advise me for setting up my Vmware site with high availabilty and Business continuty. I dont have any SAN but interested to go for the option of SAN with two VMWare Hosts and a remote site for business continuty. I just wanted to know that if I go for VMWare Vsphere Enterprise with SRM , would i be able to achive my goal ? or I need to go for a third party solution for replication b/w local and remote sites ? Any suggestion and advise in this respect would be highly appreciated.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WAYDEES&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BLOCKQUOTE&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Firstly, I'm not sure if SRM requires Enterprise - I would check your requirements before buying this SKU.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;As for SRM, there's no point in buying it - UNLESS you intend to acquire two SANs (EMC? HP EVA?, HP Lefthand?, Dell Equillogics?, NetApp?)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;If you don't there host based systems like VizionCore's Replicator or Veeam Backup/Replication that you could use - which would be less functional but more cost affective options...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Mike&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Mike Laverick&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RTFM Education&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Author of the SRM Book:http://stores.lulu.com/rtfm&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Free PDF or at-cost Hard Copy&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;IMG src="http://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/1200101-20223/vExpert_logo_100x57.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:34:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/Site-Recovery-Manager/SRM-Configuration/m-p/2052465#M9447</guid>
      <dc:creator>Michelle_Laveri</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2009-11-22T11:34:19Z</dc:date>
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