Connect the
Site Recovery Manager Server
Instances on the Protected and Recovery Sites

Before you can use
Site Recovery Manager
, you must connect the
Site Recovery Manager Server
instances on the protected and recovery sites.
  • Verify that you installed
    Site Recovery Manager Server
    instances at the protected and recovery sites.
  • If you did not select the default plug-in ID when you installed
    Site Recovery Manager Server
    , you must have assigned the same custom plug-in ID to the
    Site Recovery Manager Server
    instances 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.
  1. In the
    vSphere Client
    , click
    Site Recovery
    Open Site Recovery
    .
  2. Click the
    New Site Pair
    button.
  3. Select a local
    vCenter Server
    from the list, select a pair type, and click
    Next
    .
    • Pair with a peer
      vCenter Server
      located in a different Single Sign-On domain
    • Pair with a peer
      vCenter Server
      located in the same Single Sign-On domain
  4. Enter the address of the
    vCenter Server
    for the
    Site Recovery Manager Server
    on the second site, provide the user name and password, and click
    Find vCenter Server Instances
    .
    The address that you provide for the
    vCenter Server
    must be an exact match of the of address that you provided when you installed
    Site Recovery Manager Server
    on 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.
  5. Select the
    vCenter Server
    and the services you want to pair, and click
    Next
    .
  6. On the Ready to complete page, review your settings selection, and click
    Finish
    .
The protected and the recovery sites are connected. The pair appears under
Site Pairs
on the
Site Recovery
Home tab.