SRM vSphere Replication and SAN Replication possible?

[JPM300]

Hello

Just curious if you can setup SAN replication with the SRA's to SANs that are paired (1 Production site, 1 DR Site) and then also setup Vmware Replicator for SAN systems that do not have replication built in.

Is this setup possible?  Let me know?

[rcporto]

Yes, it is possible since you do not attempt to configure vSphere Replication on a virtual machine that resides on a datastore that you replicate by using array-based replication.

[JPM300]

Can the Vmware Replicator be installed on the same SRM VM that runs the SRA, or should I install it on a different VM ?

[rcporto · Accepted solution]

Vmware Replicator or vSphere Replication ?

To use vSphere Replication you will need deploy the vSphere Replication appliance on each site and you can use the same SRM server along side with SRA.

Combined Array-Based and vSphere Replication Protection Limits with SRM

With SRM, you can run array-based protection groups alongside vSphere Replication protection groups in the same SRM Server. However, the total number of protection groups cannot exceed 250. For example, you cannot create 150 array-based protection groups and then create 250 vSphere Replication protection groups, as this creates 400 protection groups in total. If you have 150 array-based protection groups, you can create an additional 100 vSphere Replication protection groups, to make a total of 250 protection groups.

VMware KB: Operational Limits for SRM and vSphere Replication