Connect the
Site
Recovery Manager Server Instances on the Protected and Recovery Sites
Site
Recovery Manager Server
Instances on the Protected and Recovery SitesBefore you can use
Site
Recovery Manager
, you must connect the Site
Recovery Manager Server
instances on the protected and recovery sites. - Verify that you installedSite Recovery Manager Serverinstances at the protected and recovery sites.
- If you did not select the default plug-in ID when you installedSite Recovery Manager Server, you must have assigned the same custom plug-in ID to theSite Recovery Manager Serverinstances on each of the sites.
This is known as site pairing.
Site
Recovery Manager
does not support network address translation
(NAT). If the network that you use to connect the Site
Recovery Manager
sites uses NAT, attempting to connect the
sites results in an error. Use credential-based authentication and network
routing without NAT when connecting the sites. - In thevSphere Client, click .
- Click theNew Site Pairbutton.
- Select a localvCenter Serverfrom the list, select a pair type, and clickNext.
- Pair with a peervCenter Serverlocated in a different Single Sign-On domain
- Pair with a peervCenter Serverlocated in the same Single Sign-On domain
- Enter the address of thevCenter Serverfor theSite Recovery Manager Serveron the second site, provide the user name and password, and clickFind vCenter Server Instances.The address that you provide for thevCenter Servermust be an exact match of the of address that you provided when you installedSite Recovery Manager Serveron the recovery site.To facilitate IP address changes in your infrastructure, provide a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) whenever possible, rather than an IP address.
- Select thevCenter Serverand the services you want to pair, and clickNext.
- On the Ready to complete page, review your settings selection, and clickFinish.
The protected and the recovery
sites are connected. The pair appears under
Site
Pairs
on the
Site
Recovery
Home tab.