To connect a VMware Live Site Recovery site to a new remote site, you must remove the existing configurations and break the existing pairing.

Site pairing makes modifications on both VMware Live Site Recovery sites. You cannot reconfigure an existing pairing between VMware Live Site Recovery sites to connect VMware Live Site Recovery on one site to a new VMware Live Site Recovery site. You must remove all configuration from both sites in the existing pair, then break the connection between the sites before you can configure a new site pairing. You cannot break the site pairing until you have removed all existing configurations between the sites.

Prerequisites

  • You have an existing VMware Live Site Recovery installation with two connected sites.
  • Make a full backup of the VMware Live Site Recovery database on both sites by using the tools that the database software provides. For instructions about how to back up the embedded database, see Back Up and Restore the Embedded vPostgres Database.

Procedure

  1. In the vSphere Client, click Site Recovery > Open Site Recovery.
  2. On the Live Site Recovery home tab, select a site pair, and click View Details.
  3. Select the Recovery Plans tab, right-click on a recovery plan and select Delete.
    You cannot delete recovery plans that are running.
  4. Select the Protection Groups tab, click on a protection group, and select the Virtual Machines tab.
  5. Highlight all virtual machines, right-click, and select Remove Protection.
    Removing protection from a virtual machine deletes the placeholder virtual machine from the recovery site. Repeat this operation for all protection groups.
  6. In the Protection Groups tab, right-click a protection group and select Delete .
    You cannot delete a protection group that is included in a recovery plan. You cannot delete vSphere Replication protection groups that contain virtual machines on which protection is still configured.
  7. Select Site Pair > Configure, and remove all inventory mappings.
    1. Click each of the Network Mappings, Folder Mappings, and Resource Mappings tabs.
    2. In each tab, select a site, right-click a mapping, and select Delete.
  8. For both sites, click Placeholder Datastores, right-click the placeholder datastore, and select Remove.
  9. (Optional) If you use array-based replication, select Configure > Array Based Replication > Array Pairs, and remove all array pairs.
    1. Select an array pair, click Array Pair, and click Disable.
    2. Click Array Manager Pair and click Remove.
  10. Select Site Pair > Summary, and click Break Site Pair.
    Breaking the site pairing removes all information related to registering VMware Live Site Recovery with VMware Live Site Recoveryand vCenter Server on the remote site.

Results

The connection between the sites is broken. You can reconfigure VMware Live Site Recovery to connect to a new remote site.

What to do next

  • Install a new VMware Live Site Recovery instance on the new remote site. For instructions about installing VMware Live Site Recovery, see Deploy the Site Recovery Manager Virtual Appliance.
    Important: The new VMware Live Site Recovery instance must have the same VMware Live Site Recovery extension ID as the existing site.
  • Optionally uregister VMware Live Site Recovery Server from the previous remote site. For instructions about unregistering VMware Live Site Recovery Server, see the steps of Unregister the VMware Live Site Recovery Appliance from the Break Pairing step onwards.
  • Reconfigure the inventory mappings and placeholder datastore mappings to map objects on the existing site to objects on the new remote site. For instructions about configuring mappings, see VMware Live Site Recovery Administration.
  • Reconfigure the replication of virtual machines from the existing site to the new remote site. For information about configuring array-based replication and vSphere Replication, see Replicating Virtual Machines in VMware Live Site Recovery Administration.
  • Create new protection groups and recovery plans to recover virtual machines to the new remote site. For information about creating protection groups and recovery plans, see VMware Live Site Recovery Administration.