After you install Site Recovery Manager Server instances on the shared recovery site, you must install the Site Recovery Manager client plug-in.

About this task

After you install the Site Recovery Manager client plug-in, client plug-ins from other Site Recovery Manager Server instances running on the same shared site show as Available in the Manage Plug-ins interface. Install the client plug-in only once. Subsequent installations overwrite each other.

Prerequisites

  • You installed one or more Site Recovery Manager Server instances on a shared recovery site.

  • You assigned the same Site Recovery Manager extension ID to a Site Recovery Manager Server instance on a protected site and to a Site Recovery Manager Server instance on the shared recovery site.

Procedure

  1. Connect the vSphere Client to vCenter Server on the shared recovery site.
  2. Select Plugins > Manage Plug-ins.
  3. Under Available Plug-ins, locate VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Extension and click Download and Install.

    A client plug-in is available from each of the Site Recovery Manager Server instances that are running on the shared recovery site. You can install the Site Recovery Manager client plug-in from any Site Recovery Manager Server instance. Install the client plug-in only once. Subsequent installations overwrite each other.

  4. Follow the prompts of the installer to complete the installation of the Site Recovery Manager client plug-in.
  5. Repeat 1 through 4 to install the Site Recovery Manager client plug-in on all instances of the vSphere Client that you use to connect to Site Recovery Manager on the protected and recovery sites.

What to do next

Connect the protected sites to the shared recovery site.