Virtual Center use with SRM

[dougjef]

I am planning our SRM implementation and understand I need 1 virtual center server in each site. Right now I have a single virtual center server that manages both sites.

Am I correct to assume that I need to have only the hosts in one site attached to the virtual center server in that same site and the same on the other side?

Right now I am able to shut down a VM in one site and do a cold migration from one datacenter to another. My understanding is I will lose this functionality by going to a multiple virtual center configuration. Is that correct?

Thanks!

[Michelle_Laveri · Accepted solution]

Yes, that's correct....

One VC at the Protected Site. One VC at the Recovery Site.

As an ESX host cannot be member of two VCs, at the same time - you won't be able do cold-migrates across the two...

Perhaps - exporting to the OVF format, and importing using OVF is an alternative....

Regards

Mike Laverick

RTFM Education

http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk

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