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SRM stands for VMware Site Recovery Manager. It’s a business continuity and disaster recovery (DR) solution provided by VMware that helps in planning, testing, and executing the recovery of virtual machines between a protected site and a recovery site or between different cloud environments.

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VMware Site Recovery Manager – Connection Error 503

Graham
A few days ago I was presented with a Site Recovery Manager 5.5.1 install that was not functioning. The problem was first noticed when trying to login to SRM via the vSphere C# Client Connection Error: Lost connection to SRM Server The Server could not interpret the client's request. (The...
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vSphere Replication & Self Signed Certificates

Graham
This week I noticed that vSphere Replication had stopped working on both primary and secondary sites. I logged into the VAMI for both vSphere Replication appliances and noticed that the self signed certificates for had both expired. Closer inspection showed that on a default installation, the self signed certificates are...
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How to Upgrade Site Recovery Manager – The correct order

Graham
When upgrading SRM, it must be done in a very specific order, following the below (from the official documentation for VMware SRM 5.8) In summary you upgrade everything except your hosts on the Protected site, then the same at the DR Site. Finally Upgrade the ESXi hosts at the DR...
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Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 6.1 – Site Pairing Notes

Graham
If you think you have a problem where you are unable to pair SRM sites because of an SRM ID registration issue with vCenter server, see the below note: When pairing two SRM sites, select the Live site and click Pair Sites. On this screen remember that you are entering...
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No VRM Server registered with vCenter Server for site (SRM 6.1)

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When creating a protection group within SRM 6.1 for vSphere Replication 6.1  you get the following error: Resolution: Ensure you have at least 1 VM configured for vSphere Replication then make sure to check the date & times across all (Live and remote/DR) vSphere infrastructure components including: All vCenter servers / appliances All SRM...