Connect the
Site Recovery Manager
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. This is known as site pairing.

In the

vSphere Client

, click

Site Recovery

Open Site Recovery

Click the

New Site Pair

button.

Select the first site from the list. Enter the address of the

Platform Services Controller

for the

Site Recovery Manager Server

on the second site, provide the user name and password, and click

The address that you provide for the

Platform Services Controller

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.

Select the

vCenter Server

and the services you want to pair, and click

On the

Ready to complete

page, review the pairing settings, and click

Finish

The protected and the recovery sites are connected. The pair appears under

Site Pairs

on the

Site Recovery

Home tab.

VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.8