SRM (Site Recovery Manager) integration
In this recipe, we will look into how to automate SRM (Site Recovery Manager).
Getting ready
You will need SRM installed and base configured. Meaning that SRM should be configured either with vSphere Replication or an SRA (Storage Replication Adapter) that connects to your storage. If you are new to SRM, have a look at the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drOdnRaDZ4Q .
Last but not least, you need the vSphere Replication plugin (see the introduction to this chapter).
How to do it...
This recipe is broken up into several sections.
Preparation
You need to make sure that the following things are set:
- Orchestrator is authenticating to the PSC (vSphere authentications)
- Orchestrator is configured to use both the protected and the recovery vCenter
- The protected and the recovery vCenter must be in the same SSO domain
- The user that is used in the vCenter connection should have SRM rights on both the protected and the recovery vCenter
Configuration
The following...
