How to install Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.8 or 6.x Part 1: using embedded database.

By | June 7, 2015

In this post I will show how to install Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.8 or 6.x using embedded database.

SRM is disaster recovery solution that provides automated orchestration and non-disruptive testing of centralized recovery plans for all virtualized applications. For more information about this solution please follow my another post: Site Recovery Manager 5.8: Architecture Overview and Features.

Installing Site Recovery Manager (SRM) with embedded database

To install Site Recovery Manager with embedded database please follow below steps (based on SRM 5.8):

  1. Download SRM binary from here.
  2. Double-click the Site Recovery Manager installer, select an installation language, and click OK. Click Next. How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 1
  3. Click Next.How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 2
  4. Accept the license agreement.How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 3
  5. Click Next.How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 4
  6. Choose where to install Site Recovery Manager Server, and click Next. How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 5
  7. Enter information about the vCenter Server instance at the site where you are installing Site Recovery Manager and click Next. How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 6
  8. If you are using credential-based authentication, verify the vCenter Server certificate and click Yes to accept it. If you are using certificate-based authentication, you do not receive a prompt to accept the certificate

    How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 7

  9. Enter information with which to register the Site Recovery Manager with vCenter Server, and click Next. The Site Recovery Manager installer supplies default values for the listener ports. Do not change them unless the defaults would cause port conflicts.  How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 8
  10. Select the default Site Recovery Manager plug-in identifier, or create a plug-in identifier for this Site Recovery Manager Server pair, and click Next. You can install Site Recovery Manager in a shared recovery site configuration, in which multiple protected sites recover to a single recovery site.  How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 9Default SRM Plug-in Identifier - Installs Site Recovery Manager in a standard configuration with one protected site and one recovery site.
    Custom SRM Plug-in Identifier -
    Installs Site Recovery Manager in a shared recovery site configuration, with multiple protected sites and one recovery site. Enter the details of the plug-in identifier.
  11. Select an authentication method and click Next. You must use the same authentication method on both sites. If you attempt to use credential-based authentication on one site and certificate-based authentication on the other, site pairing fails.  How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 10
  12. Enter text values for your organization and organization unit, typically your company name and the name of your group in the company. Click Next.How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 11
  13. Select whether to use the embedded database or a custom database, and click Next. If you use a custom database server, please follow another post.How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 12
  14. Provide the Site Recovery Manager database configuration information and click Next. How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 13
  15. Select the user account under which to run the Site Recovery Manager Server service. How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 14
  16. Click Install. How to install and configure SRM 5.8 Part 1 15
  17. Repeat steps 1-16 in the DR site.

 

UPDATE June 2015: Practically, there are not difference between Site Recovery Manager 5.8 and 6.0. The installation process is almost the same. In step 7 you need to specify SSO/Platform Services Controller:How to install and configure Site Recovery Manager (SRM) 5.8 or 6.x Part 1: Installation

Author: Mariusz

Architect (~ 15 years experience based on passion...) with strong background as a System Administrator and Engineer. Focused on Data Center Solutions: Virtualization/Cloud Computing and Storage/Backup Systems. Currently living in Poland.