Cannot configure VM Portgroup Protected and Recovery site using Distributed Switch

[shafiq06]

Please someone help me.

I am using distributed switches in my virtual infrastructure vSphere 5.5. My hosts have 4 NIC each, 2 uses for IO and 2 uses for a WAN. when I am going to configure portgroup for SRM, there is no option for distributed switches. There has standard switch option for portgroup configure. For NIC redundancy I have no option to free any physical NIC.

Has any option to configure portgroup in distributed switch for SRM both site port groups?

[hussainbte]

If you are referring to Network mapping in SRM configuration for Protection then if the VM is on DVS, the protected site mapping is DVS portgroup by default.

with regards to getting the mapping network in DR site, it depends what networks are available in DR vcenter.

what exactly do you mean by "when I am going to configure portgroup for SRM,"

[shafiq06]

There is no distributed switch option

[hussainbte]

What are we trying add the networking for...

can you mention what task is this.?

[shafiq06]

I want to configure a Virtual Machine Port Group on Protection & Recovery Site.

It is use for Host-Based Replication and this connection will be used for vSphere Replication.

[hussainbte]

If you are referring to the network used for sending replication traffic to the VR appliance on the other site. this requires vmkernel ports on hosts.

If you are referring to adding an adapter for the VRP appliance itself thenI understand what you are missing.

can you try to deploy the same on the standard switch itself and once created you can migrate it to DVS by editing the VM setting. provided the DVS is available on the ESXi host.

[shafiq06]

I completed the LAB using standard switch without any problem, but when i started with DVS, then i find the problem.