Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is a disaster recovery solution by VMware. This tutorial covers enabling SRM addon for AVS private cloud with a SRM license key.
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AVS Private Cloud up and running.
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SRM license key obtained from VMware.
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Other prerequisites as applicable for supported scenarios with Azure VMware Solution.
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Update the parameter values in appropriate parameter file.
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Run one of the following script.
cd Bicep
az deployment group create -g AVS-Step-By-Step-RG -n AVS-SRM-Deployment -c -f "SRM.bicep" -p "@SRM.parameters.json"
cd ARM
az deployment group create -g AVS-Step-By-Step-RG -n AVS-SRM-Deployment -c -f "SRM.deploy.json" -p "@SRM.parameters.json"
cd PowerShell
.\deploy.ps1
cd AzureCLI
./deploy.sh
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Navigate to Azure VMware Solution Private Cloud in Azure Portal. Under "Manage" tab, click "Addons". Navigate to "Disaster recovery" menu. Ensure that "Uninstall VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM)" and "Uninstall vSphere Replication" buttons are enabled. Enabled buttons indicate successful deployment of SRM add-on.
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Complete site pairing as per Configure site pairing in vCenter guidance.
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