How to manage vSphere replication solution in vLCM cluster image manually
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How to manage vSphere replication solution in vLCM cluster image manually

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Article ID: 380129

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VMware vSphere ESXi VMware Cloud Foundation VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

  • The automatic installation of vSphere replication agent (vmware-hbr-agent) is disabled

on vSphere Replication appliance configuration file  /opt/vmware/hms/conf/hms-configuration.xml, hms-auto-install-hbragent-vib parameter is set to false

<hms-auto-install-hbragent-vib>false</hms-auto-install-hbragent-vib>

  • You are unable to add vmware-hbr-agent in the cluster image configuration.

 

 

Environment

  • VMware vCenter Server 8.x
  • VMware vCenter Server 9.x
  • VMware Cloud Foundation 9.x
  • vSphere Replication 8.x
  • vSphere Replication 9.x

Resolution

  • Configure cluster Remediation Settings with Parallel remediation. This will prevent the VMware-HBR-Agent update while replicated VMs are running on ESXi host.

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/managing-host-and-cluster-lifecycle-8-0/configuring-vlcm-remediation-settings-1/configure-the-vlcm-remediation-settings.html

Please note - This action will will effectively wait of the host to go in maintenance mode for the hbr-agent to be upgraded. If immediate upgrade is required, the step can be skipped, but there is a risk that ongoing replication sessions might be interrupted.  

  • Download /opt/vmware/hbr/vib/VMware-HBR-Agent-xxxxxxxx-depot.zip  from vSphere Replication appliance via WinSCP  \

Please Note - The location of the zip file has changed to /opt/vmware/share/hbr/vib/VMware-HBR-Agent-xxxxxx-depot.zip from vSphere Replication 9.0.3

example:

  • Import VMware-HBR-Agent-xxxxxxxx-depot.zip in Lifecycle Manager

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/vsphere/vsphere/8-0/managing-host-and-cluster-lifecycle-8-0/working-with-vsphere-lifecycle-manager-depots/updating-the-vlcm-depot.html

  • From vCenter  / Developper Center / API explorer , select endpoint <vcenter_fqdn> select API : esx,  deploy settings/clusters/software/solutions/PUT

Enter the required parameters:

    • cluster: domain-c<number>

Notes: You only need to copy domain-c<number> part of the URL. For example: When you navigate to cluster in vSphere client, your URL will be similar to this: https://<fqdn-of-vCenter-server>/ui/app/cluster;nav=h/urn:vmomi:ClusterComputeResource:domain-c31:ce4a7b9f-768c-2222-3333-fe50bd6341c8/summary. You only need to copy domain-c31 to use in the steps below.

    • solution: VMware-HBR-Agent
    • request_body: (see example attached file request_body.json)

Notes:  You only need to copy xxxxxxxx which  is the vib version. As an example, for VMware-HBR-Agent-8.0.3-0.0.24143343-depot.zip, "xxxxxxxx"= "8.0.3-0.0.24143343". (see attached file request_body.json)

 

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request_body.json get_app
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