VMware just released VMware vCenter SRM 4.0.1. Site Recovery Manager 4.0.1 File size: 104 MB You can find the download here. This patch fixes the following issues: Test recovery times have been improved for ESX 4.0.1 hosts that use iSCSI arrays. a problem that could cause a recovery plan to hang while powering-off virtual machines at the protected site if [...]

I received Michael White’s(VMware BCDR Specialist SE) weekly newsletter over the weekend and the following is a question I also receive on a regular basis so why not blog it?! I had a disagreement with a friend about where to get SRA’s from. He was under the impression that we didn’t have the arrays in our premises for all of [...]

VMware just published two whitepapers. I hadn’t noticed them yet and especially the second one is a very good read! VMCI Socket Performance The VMCI (Virtual Machine Communication Interface) device allows fast, efficient communication between virtual machines running on the same host, without using the guest networking stack. This paper presents VM-VM performance results using VMCI Sockets and compares these [...]

I received the following question a couple of times already; where is my <random vendor+array> SRA? The answer is simple, if it is not on the VMware it has not been certified yet. Every SRA needs to go through a quality assurance process to validate/certify it. If this hasn’t been completed the SRA will not be available for download on [...]

One of my colleagues, Cormac Hogan, posted some excellent guides for SRM 4.0: Steps to setup VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4.0 with IBM SVC VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4.0 is a disater recovery product which uses array replication technologies to failover from one site to another. This particular document looks at one particular vendor (IBM) and one particular [...]

For those starting out with SRM 4.0 the following documents/links might be very useful: Site Recovery Manager 4.0 Evaluator’s Guide The Site Recovery Manager 4.0 Evaluator’s Guide is intended to provide Site Recovery Manager customers and evaluators a guide that walks them through the Site Recovery Manager workflow that has to be completed to allow for the successful and automated [...]

For those looking into implementing SRM 4.0 four KB articles have been released related to SRM 4.0: Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 4.0 Upgrade FAQ http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1013166 Using vCenter Heartbeat With SRM 4.0 http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014266 Enabling 128-bit encryption for SRAs that use SSL: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1014232 Context-sensitive help not accessible in Internet Explorer 7: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/42104394 Requirements When Using Trusted Certificates with SRM: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008390