Properties for Automated Export and Import of VMware Live Site Recovery Configuration Data

You use the VMware Live Site Recovery Configuration Import/Export Tool properties file to automate the export and import of configuration data.

The use of srm_configuration.properties file with the standalone VMware Live Site Recovery Configuration Import/Export Tool is optional.

Note: You can use Service Account authentication to import or export data from VMware Live Site Recovery 8.8. You cannot use solution user authentication or keystore authentication to import or export configuration data from VMware Live Site Recovery 8.8. Solution user authentication and keystore authentication are supported for VMware Live Site Recovery 8.6.x and earlier.

Table 1. Required Parameters for the Properties File
Parameter	Description
lookup.service.address	The vCenter Server address. Can be an IP address or FQDN.
local.srm.name	The name of the local VMware Live Site Recovery Server.
local.srm.guid	The GUID of the local VMware Live Site Recovery Server. Required when two or more local sites share the same name.
local.auth.use.service.account	Set this parameter to `true` to use service account to log in to the local site. The default value is `false`.
local.auth.credentials.vc.username	The user name for the local vCenter Server. Required when local.auth.use.service.account is set to `false`.
local.auth.credentials.vc.password	The password for the local vCenter Server. Required when local.auth.use.service.account is set to `false`.
local.auth.sa.path	Path to the service account. Required when local.auth.use.service.account is set to `true`.
remote.auth.use.service.account	Set this parameter to `true` to use service account to log in to the remote site. The default value is `false`.
remote.auth.credentials.vc.username	The user name for the remote vCenter Server. Required when remote.auth.use.service.account is set to `false`. Required if your environment is not federated.
remote.auth.credentials.vc.password	The password of the user for the remote vCenter Server. Required when remote.auth.use.service.account is set to `false`. Required if your environment is not federated.
remote.auth.sa.path	Path to the service account. Required when remote.auth.use.service.account is set to `true`.
array.manager.n.name	The name of the array manager, where n is a number. All array managers must be defined at least by a name and a skip flag. Required field for import, if your environment contains any array managers.
array.manager.n.skip	Sets whether the array manager must be imported or skipped. The default value is `false`. Required if array.manager.n.name is present.
array.manager.n.username	The user name for the array manager. Required if array.manager.n.name is present and array.manager.n.skip value is set to `false`.
array.manager.n.password	The password for the array manager. Required if array.manager.n.name is present and array.manager.n.skip value is set to `false`.

Table 2. Optional Parameters for the Properties File
Parameter	Description
port	The port number for the Lookup Service. The default value is 443.
continue.after.array.manager.errors	If you set the value to `true`, the tool does not fail when an array manager is missing or there is an array-based error. The default value is `false`.

Sample Properties File

lookup.service.address=my.psc.address.com
port=443
local.srm.name=My local SRM
local.auth.credentials.vc.username=localAdmin
local.auth.credentials.vc.password=localAdminSecretPass
remote.auth.credentials.vc.username=remoteAdmin
remote.auth.credentials.vc.password=remoteAdminSecretPass
continue.after.array.manager.errors=false
array.manager.1.name=am_1
array.manager.1.skip=false
array.manager.1.username=am1AdminUserName
array.manager.1.password=am1AdminSecretPass
array.manager.2.name=am_2
array.manager.2.skip=true
array.manager.3.name=am_3
array.manager.3.skip=true
array.manager.4.name=am_4
array.manager.4.skip=true