VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 Release Notes

VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 | 05 OCT 2021 | Build 18710000 | Download VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8.5 | 2021| Build 18255622 | Release Notes VMware Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance 8.5 | 05 OCT 2021 | Build 18710731 | Release Notes Check frequently for additions and updates to these release notes.

What's in the Release Notes

The release notes cover the following topics:

• What's New VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5
• About the VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5
• Installation and Configuration
• Network Ports
• Caveats and Limitations
• Known Issues

What's New VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5

The vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 provides the following new features:

• Support for VMware vRealize Operations Cloud
• Support for FIPS
• New types of objects that you can track - Recovery Plan History and Array Managers
• New metrics for the Site Recovery Manager Plug-in object
  • Cost Unit - Per virtual machine or Per CPU, depending on the license
  • Days to Expire - days until the license expires
  • Edition Key - license type (Evaluation or Permanent)
  • Total capacity of license - how many VMs or CPUs does the license cover
  • Units currently used in this asset - how many VMs or CPUs are used at the moment

 

About the VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5

The VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 allows VMware administrators to monitor the local Site Recovery Manager services in VMware vRealize Operations Manager. The vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager provides capabilities for monitoring the connectivity between Site Recovery Manager instances, the availability of a remote Site Recovery Manager instance, and the status of protection groups and recovery plans in Site Recovery Manager both for on-premises SDDCs and VMware Cloud on AWS SDDCs. Alarms are generated when there are Site Recovery Manager Server connectivity issues encountered or protection groups and recovery plans are in error state. The user interface provides statistics for the number of Site Recovery Manager-related objects and how many of them have errors.

The vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 release runs with VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8.5. For more information on interoperability with earlier or later releases of VMware vRealize Operations Manager, see the VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.

You can download the vRealize Operations Management Pack for Site Recovery Manager 8.5 from the download page.

Installation and Configuration

The VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 software requires a supported VMware vRealize Operations Manager version and Site Recovery Manager 8.5. For information on installing VMware vRealize Operations Manager 8.5, see Installing vRealize Operations Manager in the vRealize Operations Manager documentation. For information on installing Site Recovery Manager 8.5, see Deploying the Site Recovery Manager Appliance in the VMware Site Recovery Manager documentation.

The VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for Site Recovery Manager 8.5 software is distributed as PAK file. You install and configure the management pack by using the vRealize Operations Manager interface.

1. Log in to vRealize Operations Manager with administrator privileges.
2. Select Administration > Solutions > Repository in the left pane.
3. Click Add a Management Pack.
4. Navigate to the VMware-srm-vrops-mp-8.5-<build number>.pak file and click Upload. When the PAK file is uploaded, click Next.
5. Read and agree to the end-user license agreement. Click Next to install the management pack.
6. Review the installation progress, and click Finish when the installation completes.

After the installation you must configure the VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for Site Recovery Manager 8.5 so that vRealize Operation Manager can collect data from the target system. The minimum role required to collect data is Ready-only. For more information on roles and permissions, see Site Recovery Manager Privileges, Roles, and Permissions and vCenter Server System Roles.

1. Select Administration > Solutions > Other Accounts.
2. Click Add account.
3. Select Site Recovery Manager Adapter.
4. Enter the required information and click Add.
   Note: User name and password are case-sensitive.

Network Ports

VMware vRealize Operations Management Pack for Site Recovery Manager requires port 443 (HTTPS protocol) to be open.

Caveats and Limitations

• Restarting the Site Recovery Manager services during the first collection cycle of vRealize Operations Manager results in dashboard widgets not working. If this happens, you must re-install the Site Recovery Manager adapter or adapters.
• Storage policy protection groups (SPPG) and  SPPG-related information such as objects, inventory tree, and metrics are not reflected in vRealize Operations Manager.

Known Issues

• NEW Alarms for errors or powered off VMs are triggered for every execution of the Recovery, Reprotect, Test, and Cleanup workflows

  The VMware vRealzie Operations Management Pack for VMware Site Recovery Manager shows alarms for errors and powered off VMs from all previous runs of the Recovery, Reprotect, Test, and Cleanup workflows.Workaround:

  Workaround: None.

• NEW Using the vRealize Operations administration page for upgrade of management packs is not supported

  Installing updates from the Software Updates pane of the vRealize Operations administration page is not supported for management pack due to a known issue with not updating the visual elements.

  Workaround: Use the standard vRealize Operations UI to upgrade the management pack.

  1. From the left menu click Data Sources>Integrations, and then click the Repository tab.

  2. On the Repository tab, click Add/Upgrade.

• NEW The Edition key metric for the Site Recovery Manager Site object is not readable

  The Edition key metric must represent the type of license Evaluation or Permanent for the related Site Recovery Manager site but the value is not translated properly.

  Workaround: None.

• The Topology Graph widget does not load

  If you are using the vRealize Operations Management pack for Site Recovery Manager with vRealize Operations 8.2 or later, when you open the dashboard for the Site Recovery Manager Configuration Summary, the Topology Graph widget does not load.

  Workaround: This is an issue with the widget in vRealize Operations Manager 8.2 and later. Edit the widget without making any changes. That refreshes the widget and it will start working.

• Srm Configuration Summary does not show 'Srm Server Configuration' and 'Srm Server Details' widgets 

  Srm Configuration Summary does not always show 'Srm Server Configuration' and 'Srm Server Details' widgets and displays three errors "Could not find any of the requested resources".

  Workaround: Refresh the page (app refresh) and the widgets will load and show accurate information.