SRM and vSphere Replication no longer work after rebuilding one of the vCenters in the pair

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

Unable to connect SRM and/or vSphere Replication pair after a vCenter was rebuilt.

Environment

SRM 8.x

vSphere Replication 8.x

Cause

SRM and vSphere Replication pair using the vCenter's UUID so the old ones need to be reset to setup the pair again.

Resolution

Resolution 1:

1. Unregister SRM through the VAMI interface on port 5480, on both sites

2. Unregister vSphere Replication through the VAMI interface on port 5480, on both sites

3. Wipe vSphere Replicaton database manually, on both sites

cd /etc/vmware
service hbrsrv stop
service hms stop
rm hbrsrv.XX.db (whatever the highest number is. Probably 100?)
/opt/vmware/hms/bin/embedded-db.sh --reset
service hbrsrv start
service hms start
power cycle

4. Register SRM

5. Register vSphere Replication

Resolution 2:

1. Rebuild all SRM/VRMS appliances associated with the pair in question.