Understanding the vSphere Replication Site Connection States

You can view the states of the connections to target sites in the
Site Recovery
user interface.
The following table lists the states that you can observe, their meanings, and what you can do to change a state back to normal. You can view the states by clicking
View Details
for a site pair in the
Site Recovery
user interface.
Replication Server Connection States
Icon
Status
Description
Remediation
The connection between the local and remote vSphere
			 Replication
									Management Servers is working properly.
Connected
The connection between the local and remote
vSphere Replication
management servers is working properly.
Not needed.
The Replication Server connection status is Not
									Connected.
Not Connected
  • The SSL certificate on the local or remote
    vSphere Replication
    Management Server has been changed.
  • The network connection between the local and remote
    vSphere Replication
    Management Servers is not functioning properly or one of the servers is offline.
  • The user that is used for authentication with the Lookup Service or the VRMS extension user in the
    vCenter Single Sign-On
    might be deactivated or deleted.
In this state, configured replications might not be running.
  • To reconnect the site connection, click the
    Reconnect
    button in the upper-right corner of the
    Summary
    page.
  • In the
    vSphere Client
    , navigate to the
    vCenter Server
    , select the
    Monitor
    tab, and select
    Events
    under
    Tasks and Events
    to search for events related to
    vSphere Replication
    .
  • Verify the status of the remote
    vSphere Replication
    appliances in the
    Site Recovery
    plug-in for
    vSphere Client
    .