VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.8.0.3 Release Notes

Site Recovery Manager 8.8.0.3 | 08 FEB 2024 | Build 23263427 | Download Check for additions and updates to these release notes. VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.8.0.3 is a minor product patch release that provides bug fixes and improvements. The content of the VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.8 Release Notes and all following 8.8.0.x patch release notes applies to this version as well.

What's New in Site Recovery Manager 8.8.0.3

• The VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.8.0.3 Express Patch provides security and bug fixes.

• Updated Postgres to version 14.10.

• Updated the Tomcat server.

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 8.8, upgrade to Site Recovery Manager 8.8.0.3. See Upgrading Site Recovery Manager in Site Recovery Manager 8.8 Installation and Configuration for instructions about upgrading Site Recovery Manager.

If you use vSphere Replication with Site Recovery Manager 8.8, upgrade the vSphere Replication appliance to version 8.8.0.3. See the vSphere Replication 8.8.0.3 Release Notes for information about vSphere Replication 8.8.0.3.

NOTES:

• If the vCenter Server instances on the protected and recovery sites are in Enhanced Linked Mode, they must be direct replication partners. Otherwise, upgrade might fail.

Resolved Issues

• The Site Recovery Manager server service might fail to start

  The Site Recovery Manager server service might fail to start with an error "Job for srm-server.service failed because a fatal signal was delivered to the control process". The drconfig.log shows the following errors.

  YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.186-06:00 error drconfig[01440] [SRM@6876 sub=ServiceControl opID=a27c6787-e22e-4923-b4d8-3c893a908e35-configure:5f0a] Command "/usr/bin/systemctl start srm-server" exit code: 1--> stderr:--> Job for srm-server.service failed because a fatal signal was delivered to the control process.--> See "systemctl status srm-server.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.-->

  This issue is fixed in Site Recovery Manager 8.8.0.3.