VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.8 Release Notes

Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.8 | 05 OCT 2023 | Build 22480519 | Download Check for additions and updates to these release notes. VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.8 is a minor product patch release that provides bug fixes. The content of the VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5 Release Notes and all following 8.5.0.x patch release notes applies to this version as well.

What's New

• The VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.8 Express Patch provides bug fixes.

Installation and Upgrade

For information about installing and upgrading Site Recovery Manager, see Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration.

For the supported upgrade paths for Site Recovery Manager, select Upgrade Path and VMware Site Recovery Manager in the VMware Product Interoperability Matrices.

If you are running Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.x, upgrade to Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.8. See Upgrading Site Recovery Manager in Site Recovery Manager 8.5 Installation and Configuration for instructions about upgrading Site Recovery Manager.

If you use vSphere Replication with Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.x, upgrade the vSphere Replication appliance to version 8.5.0.8. See the vSphere Replication 8.5.0.8 Release Notes for information about vSphere Replication 8.5.0.8.

Migration to the VMware Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance

You can migrate your Site Recovery Manager 8.3.x instance from Windows to the Site Recovery Manager 8.3.x virtual appliance and then upgrade to Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.8 Virtual Appliance. For information about the migration procedure, see Migrate from Site Recovery Manager for Windows to Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance.

Resolved Issues

• The Site Recovery Manager inventory is not populated when configuring the sites

  This issue occurs when using vRealize Orchestrator with vCenter Server instances in enhanced linked mode.

  This issue is fixed in Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.8.

• The Site Recovery UI might cause a high CPU usage on vCenter Server

  When the CPU utilization on vCenter Server reaches 100%, you are unable to log in. If you are already logged in, the operations are extremely slow.

  This issue is fixed in Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.8.

• You are unable to remove the protection of a virtual machine

  When you attempt to remove the protection of a virtual machine, the operation fails with an error: Internal error: Received unexpected exception from multi-site operation.

  This issue is fixed in Site Recovery Manager 8.5.0.8.