Structure of the DR IP
Customizer CSV FileLast Updated January 30, 2025
The DR IP
Customizer comma-separated value (CSV) file consists of a header row that
defines the meaning of each column in the file, and one or more rows for each
placeholder virtual machine in a recovery plan.
With
Site
Recovery Manager
, you can define subnet-level IP mapping rules to
customize IP settings on virtual machines by using the DR IP Customizer tool.
You can use subnet-level IP mapping rules in combination with DR IP Customizer.
For information about how you can use subnet-level IP mapping rules and DR IP
Customizer together, see
Customizing IP Properties for Multiple Virtual Machines.
You can provide settings for
only the protected site, or settings for only the recovery site, or settings
for both sites. You can configure each site to use a different set of network
adapters in a completely different way.
Certain fields in the CSV file
must be completed for every row. Other fields can be left blank if no
customized setting is required.
Column
| Description
| Customization Rules
|
|---|---|---|
VM ID
| Unique identifier that DR IP Customizer uses to collect information from
multiple rows for application to a single virtual machine. It is the
same as the virtual machine ID that vCenter Server uses if present,
or the BIOS id if not. | Not customizable.
Cannot be blank.
|
VM Name
| The human-readable name of the virtual
machine as it appears in the
vCenter Server
inventory.
| Not customizable.
Cannot be blank.
|
vCenter Server
| Address of a
vCenter Server
instance on either the protected site or the recovery site. You set the IP
settings for a virtual machine on each site in the
vCenter Server
column.
| Not customizable.
Cannot be blank.
This column can
contain both
vCenter Server
instances. Each
vCenter Server
instance requires its own row. You can configure one set of IP settings to use
on one site and another set of IP settings to use on the other site. You can
also provide IP settings to be used on both sites, for reprotect operations.
|
Adapter ID
| ID of the adapter to customize. Adapter ID 0
sets global settings on all adapters for a virtual machine. Setting values on
Adapter ID 1, 2, 3, and so on, configures settings for specific NICs on a
virtual machine.
| Customizable. Cannot
be left blank.
The only fields that
you can modify for a row in which the Adapter ID is 0 are DNS Server(s) and DNS
Suffix(es). These values, if specified, are inherited by all other adapters in
use by that VM ID.
You can include
multiple DNS servers on multiple lines in the CSV file. For example, if you
require two global DNS hosts, you include two lines for Adapter ID 0.
To add another DNS
server to a specific adapter, add the DNS server to the appropriate Adapter
line. For example, add the DNS server to Adapter ID 1.
|
DNS Domain
| DNS domain for this adapter.
| Customizable. Can be
left blank.
If you do enter a
value, it must be in the format
example.company.com .
|
Net BIOS
| Select whether to activate NetBIOS on this
adapter.
| Customizable. Can be
left blank.
If not left empty,
this column must contain one of the following strings:
disableNetBIOS ,
enableNetBIOS , or
enableNetBIOSViaDhcp .
|
Primary WINS
| DR IP Customizer validates that WINS settings
are applied only to Windows virtual machines, but it does not validate NetBIOS
settings.
| Customizable. Can be
left blank.
|
Secondary WINS
| DR IP Customizer validates that WINS settings
are applied only to Windows virtual machines, but it does not validate NetBIOS
settings.
| Customizable. Can be
left blank.
|
IP Address
| IPv4 address for this virtual machine.
| Customizable. Cannot
be blank.
Virtual machines can
have multiple virtual network adapters. You can configure each virtual network
adapter with one static IPv4 address. If the field is not set to a specific
static address you must set it to DHCP.
|
Subnet Mask
| Subnet mask for this virtual machine.
| Customizable. Can be
left blank.
|
Gateway(s)
| IPv4 gateway or gateways for this virtual
machine.
| Customizable. Can be
left blank.
|
IPv6 Address
| IPv6 address for this virtual machine.
| Customizable. Can be
left blank if you do not use IPv6.
Virtual machines can
have multiple virtual network adapters.You can configure each virtual network
adapter with one static IPv6 address. If the field is not set to a specific
static address you must set it to DHCP.
If you run
Site
Recovery Manager Server on Windows Server 2003 and you customize IPv6 addresses
for a virtual machine, you must enable IPv6 on the
Site
Recovery Manager Server instances.
Site
Recovery Manager performs validation of IP addresses during customization,
which requires IPv6 to be enabled on the
Site
Recovery Manager Server if you are customizing IPv6 addresses. Later versions of
Windows Server have IPv6 enabled by default.
|
IPv6 Subnet Prefix length
| Ipv6 subnet prefix length to use.
| Customizable. Can be
left blank.
|
IPv6 Gateway(s)
| IPv6 gateway or gateways for this adapter.
| Customizable. Can be
left blank.
|
DNS Server(s)
| Address of the DNS server or servers.
| Customizable. Can be left blank.
If you enter this
setting in an Adapter ID 0 row, it is treated as a global setting. On Windows
virtual machines, this setting applies for each adapter if you set it in the
Adapter ID rows other than Adapter ID 0.
On Linux virtual
machines, this is always a global setting for all adapters.
This column can
contain one or more IPv4 or IPv6 DNS servers for each NIC.
|
DNS Suffix(es)
| Suffix or suffixes for DNS servers.
| Customizable. Can be
left blank.
These are global
settings for all adapters on both Windows and Linux virtual machines.
|