Multiple Recovery Sites

[pchafer]

Hello,

We already have one site A (Protected) paired with Site B (Recovery) and working very well.

We now need to connect site C as a Recovery point for Site A (Protected).

I get the message that Site A is already paired with Site B.

Does that mean we cannot pair multiple recovery sites to one protected site?

All have individual vCenter servers on 5.1 SRM verions 5.1.2

Thanks,

Peter.

[rcporto]

There is a feature on SRM called Shared Recovery Site, but take a look at the following note from KB article: VMware KB: Setting up the Shared Recovery Site feature in VMware Site Recovery Manager 4.x and 5.x

Note: Shared Recovery Site is not supported on the protected site. It is only supported on the recovery site.

Based on the note, you can have a Shared Recovery site but not a "Shared" protected site.

[admin]

Hi peter,

    You can fit your sites by configuring  1:N shared setup.

Site-A as DR SITE and SiteB/SiteC as prot sites.

This config is qualified and works well.

Regards

Narendra

[jordanovi]

Hi Peter

You can create a shared protected site by registering multiple SRM servers with a single VC on the protected site. But this configuration creates a single point of failure on the protected site so it is not officially supported and not advisable.

It might be useful for testing in a lab environment. For more details, you can check section: "Limitations of Using Site Recovery Manager in Shared Recovery Site Configuration" in srm-install-config-5-8.pdf

Regards

Ivan

[jordanovi]

You can also check this KB: VMware KB: Setting up the Shared Recovery Site feature in VMware Site Recovery Manager 4.x and 5.x

[pchafer]

Thanks everyone for all the advice and comments. Looks like we'll remove the connection to the recovery site and assign a new connection.

The shared recovery site looks plusable though.

Peter.