Some weeks ago VMware released NSX version 6.4 which introduced an Upgrade Coordinator - a single portal to simplify the planning and execution of an NSX upgrade. We should expect further steps to make our engineer's life easier 😉 and some days ago vSphere 6.7 and Site Recovery Manager 8.1 (SRM) was released. Both products… Read More: A simplified upgrades - my summary of last VMware's releases »
Last weekend, I wanted to save SRM reports to html after doing some failovers between sites as my customer needed to document it. VMware SRM Recovery Plan history is kept in the SRM database (by default - last 5 reports). Unfortunately, we faced a problem to save report using IE, Firefox or Chrome. We followed… Read More: Problem with generating and downloading VMware SRM Recovery Plan history. »
When I install and configure Site Recovery Manager (SRM) for my customers, I often configure some advanced settings that let me avoid cosmetic errors or recovery failure. This post covers those advanced settings. To change advanced settings using vSphere or Web Client, please follow a post here. Note: By design, during an upgrade, SRM does… Read More: VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) - some useful advanced settings. »