Unable to reverse replication for the virtual machine 'XXX'. Cannot find vSphere Replication Server for replication 'XXX'

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

Unable to reverse replication for the virtual machine
Error when calling Re-protect with SRM. Unable to reverse replication for the virtual machine 'XXX'. Cannot find vSphere Replication Server for replication 'XXX'

Environment

vSphere Replication 8.x, 9.x

Cause

vSphere Replication Appliance at the Production site was in Disconnected state due to misconfigured NICs.

Resolution

• Login to the vSphere Replication Appliance and check if its configured with network isolation for replication traffic.
• If the VRMS is configured with network isolation it will have 2 NIC's.
• Navigate to below location and check the ethernet settings -

              cd /etc/systemd/network

             cat 10-eth1.network

• If the IP address of the secondary NIC is missing. Edit the file and add the IP address in Address field as highlighted below 

              vi 10-eth1.network

               [Match]
               Name=eth1
               [Network]
               Domains=
               LinkLocalAddressing=ipv6
               DHCP=no
               Address= 10.X.X.X
               DNS=
               [DHCP]
               UseDNS=false
               ClientIdentifier=mac
               [Link]
               MACAddress=