SC Storage Customer Notification: VMware SRM is not discovering all replicated volumes

Summary: Issue information and workaround for SRM not discovering volumes.

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Symptoms

Alert:

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (SRM) does not discover replicated volumes that are mapped to multiple server objects with different LUN numbers.

LUN consistency across all hosts are required regardless if the volumes are mapped to your ESX host or a backup server.

Cause

LUN consistency across all hosts is required regardless if the volumes are mapped to your ESX host or a backup server.

Resolution

Workaround: 
Change the LUN number on the backup server volumes to be the same LUN number the ESX cluster is using.
 
Resolution:
This is working as designed. LUN consistency is best practice, and SRM uses LUN numbers to identify datastores.

Affected Products

Compellent (SC, SCv & FS Series), Dell Compellent SC4020, Dell Storage SC8000, Dell Compellent Series 40, Dell Storage SCv2000, Dell Storage SCv2020, Dell Storage SCv2080, Dell Storage SC5020, Dell Storage SC5020F, Dell Storage SC7020F , Dell Storage SC9000, Dell Storage SCv3000, Dell Storage SCv3020 ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000137314
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 01 Oct 2024
Version:  4
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