vmware replication 5.1.0.1 - couldn't see target datastores

[berndmaier]

Hi,

i have a setup with two vcenter sites and the new vmware replication appliance on every site.

i have connected the two sites with an vpn tunnel and both replication appliances are connected.

until this, everything works fine.

my problem is when i want to setup an replication job from a VM in SITE1, in the wizard i can't select the target-datastore on SITE2.

so i cant go to the next steps in the wizard and i cant finish the replication job.

when i do the same thing in the other direction (a VM from SITE2 to SITE1) i can select my 2 datastores in SITE1 and everything is working fine.

what could be the problem?

is there any limitation for the datastores?

i cound see noone of my datastores on SITE2, even not the local datastore disk.

i saw one point when i look at the datastores on both sites:

on site 2 (where i cant select the datastores) all datastores are marked as "hardwareaccelerator = true"

on site 1 (where i can select the datastores) my datastores are marked as "hardwareaccelerator = unknown"

cound that be the problem?

how can i turn off the hardware-accelerator for testing this?

thanks for every help!

best regards,

bernd

[memaad]

Hi,

How many host do you have on DR sites.

Do you see any errors.

can you restart management agent on all the host of DR sites.

Here is one point mention in release notes  https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-replication-51-release-notes.html

vSphere Replication cannot access datastores through hosts with multiple management virtual NICs and postsDatastoreInaccessibleEvent in vCenter Server: vSphere Replication cannot access datastore.

If a host is configured with multiple virtual NICs and you select more than one NIC for management traffic, vSphere Replication registers only the first NIC and uses it to access target datastores. If the vSphere Replication server address is not on the first management network of the host, vSphere Replication does not communicate with the host.

Workaround: Use a host with a single virtual NIC selected for management traffic for datastores at the secondary site. You can also reconfigure the host networking so that the address of the first management virtual NIC is from a network that vSphere Replication can access.

Regards

Mohammed

[mmarinov]

Hi,

one thing that could case this issue is if the sites are using dns and they are Ot resolvable each other. Another case is when you are trying to configure replication will less permissions. It is good to check if there are any issues logs in the Web Client, however.

on other hand, the issue described by Mohammed, I think is related with the configuration itself, e.g. After click finish, and not with datastore selection.

[berndmaier]

hey,

i have checked everything but i couldnt find the issue...

i have attached 6 screenshots where you can see my configuration.

when i want to replicate an vm TO site 2, i could not see datastores, on the other direction i could see them!

[berndmaier]

...last screenshot

[memaad]

Hi,

Can you make sure that user account that you are using for replication has administrator previleges on both the sites of vSphere Replication.

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.replication_admin.doc%2FGUID...

Regards

Mohammed

[berndmaier]

yes i am sure.

i use the domain-admin for all my tests 🙂

[mmarinov]

HI again,

Is there any chance to view the vSphere Web Client logs if there is anything written there?

http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.monitoring.doc%2FGUID-BA8750...