DR Failover

[kjc3303]

Hi All, I suspect that this may be expected behavior but thought I'd ask the question

Set-up
I have production site and DR site
Tier One VM's are replicated to DR site Daily or more frequently including vCenter server
VBR server at DR site performing replication

Procedure
Break link between sites
Manually Power on vCenter server, manually re-ip.
Use VBR to failover other servers.

Issue
Any replication points that have been created after the last replication of vCenter server (which has been manually powered on) give the following error

16/07/2013 13:41:21 Starting failover to restore point '15/07/2013 18:04:45'. Original VM: 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
16/07/2013 13:42:03 Fail Failed to perform failover to replica Error: Failed to get replica vm restore points by ref [snapshot-39449]

Any restore points that have been created before the vCenter replication work perfectly and the ones that didn't work work OK after another vCenter replication

This is not too much of an issue for daily replications as I can schedule the vCenter replication to be after them but for more frequent Replications it would possibly mean that I have to manually start the VM and lose the cool Veeam features

Cheers

Kev

[foggy]

Kevin, do you see the snapshots corresponding to the restore points that do not work on the replica VMs after starting vCenter in the DR site?

Another question is why do you manually start vCenter replica instead of failing over via Veeam B&R UI?

[kjc3303]

Kevin, do you see the snapshots corresponding to the restore points that do not work on the replica VMs after starting vCenter in the DR site?

Another question is why do you manually start vCenter replica instead of failing over via Veeam B&R UI?

Hi Foggy Will check later re snapshot

I thought that vCenter needed to be available to use the VBR failover?

[foggy]

I thought that vCenter needed to be available to use the VBR failover?

If your target hosts are added to the Veeam B&R console as standalone (via IP address or hostname), you do not need vCenter server for failing over.

[kjc3303]

OK great, thanks! that will make life easier. The reason I thought different was due to this discussion

http://forums.veeam.com/viewtopic.php?f ... =+failover

Regarding the snapshots yes they are present on the vCenter in the DR site.

[foggy]

Could you try to rescan vCenter server in Veeam B&R after its failover and prior to failing over other VMs?

[kjc3303]

Thanks will give this a go and report back

[kjc3303]

Hi Foggy,

Adding target hosts as stand alone worked great
Rescanning vCenter didn't

[foggy]

Looks like for some reason these restore points get different IDs in failed over vCenter server than the ones Veeam B&R requests. Anyway, I'm glad the standalone hosts scenario worked for you.