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'

 

Error in /var/log/vmware/hbrsrv.log:

"failReason":"Connect: Input/output error"

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=