{"id":177,"date":"2013-04-01T20:31:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T20:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/?p=177"},"modified":"2013-04-01T20:31:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T20:31:30","slug":"part-6-site-recovery-manager-inventory-mappings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wordp\/part-6-site-recovery-manager-inventory-mappings\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 6 \u2013 Site Recovery Manager Inventory Mappings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This stage is all about configuring the Inventory Mappings.\u00a0 This includes resource mappings, folder mappings, network mappings and placeholder datastores. \u00a0This is basically linking the resources being used at the protected site with the resources to be used at the recovery site.<\/p>\n<p><b>Resource Mappings<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure that you are in the \u2018Site Recovery Manager\u2019 section of the vSphere client and looking at the \u2018Sites\u2019 section.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the primary site (the source site) and then select the \u2018Resource Mappings\u2019 tab.<\/li>\n<li>You should now see a list of the resource pools configured in your environment, in our environment we currently do not have any resource pools.<\/li>\n<li>Click the \u2018Configure Mapping\u2019 link<\/li>\n<li>You should now see the destination listed, expand the environment down to the cluster and then click \u2018OK\u2019<\/li>\n<li>You will now see the source and destination locations listed together.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Folder Mappings<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the \u2018Folder Mappings\u2019 tab<\/li>\n<li>You will now see a list of the available folders in your environment.<\/li>\n<li>Select the cluster level or a folder<\/li>\n<li>Click \u2018Configure Mapping\u2019, you will see the secondary location appear\u2026 again select the destination cluster or folder or create the relevant folders to be selected and then click \u2018OK\u2019<\/li>\n<li>You will now see that the mapping is configured.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Network Mappings<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the \u2018Network Mappings\u2019 tab<\/li>\n<li>Select the VM Network to be mapped and then click \u2018Configure Mapping\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Select the equivalent network from the destination location and then click \u2018OK\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Repeat the process for the remaining networks<\/li>\n<li>You should see all of the networks are mapped.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Placeholder Datastores<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You should make sure that there are some placeholder datastores created, these need to be created at both locations\u2026 they will hold a file approximately 1KB in size for each virtual machine protected.<\/li>\n<li>Click the \u2018Placeholder Datastores\u2019 tab<\/li>\n<li>Click the \u2018Configure Placeholder Datastore\u2019 link<\/li>\n<li>Select the appropriate placeholder datastore from the destination location, click \u2018OK\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Select the destination location and perform the same task again<\/li>\n<li>The reason that this is performed on both sites is to allow for failback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This ends Part 6 of our instructions&#8230; please click\u00a0<a title=\"Part 7 \u2013 Protection Groups\" href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/part-7-protection-groups\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0to continue to Part 7 or\u00a0<a title=\"10-part Site Recovery Manager \u2013 with IBM XIV\" href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/10-part-site-recovery-manager-with-ibm-xiv\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0to return to the 10-part Site Recovery Manager menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This stage is all about configuring the Inventory Mappings.\u00a0 This includes resource mappings, folder mappings, network mappings and placeholder datastores. \u00a0This is basically linking the resources being used at the protected site with the resources to be used at the recovery site. 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