Port numbers that must be open for Site Recovery Manager, vSphere Replication, and vCenter Server (1009562)

Symptoms

Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and vSphere Replication can experience problems if the required network ports are not open.

• Site Recovery Manager fails to establish site pairing due to connection termination over port 8095.
• Site Recovery Manager connection to remote site breaks frequently.

Purpose

In an SRM or vSphere Replication deployment, both the protected and recovery sites must be able to resolve their connected vCenter Server by name. The respective ports must be open on both sites for uninterrupted communication.

For the list of default ports that all VMware products use, see TCP and UDP Ports required to access vCenter Server, ESXi/ESX hosts, and other network components (1012382).

Resolution

You must ensure that all the required network ports are open for SRM and vSphere Replication to function correctly.

• Site Recovery Manager 5.x and vSphere Replication 1.0.x and 5.x network ports
  
  
  • vCenter Server and ESXi 5.x network ports that SRM requires
  • SRM Server 5.x network ports
  • vSphere Replication Appliance 5.x network ports
  • vSphere Replication Management Server 1.0.x network ports
  • vSphere Replication Server 1.0.x and 5.x network ports
  • Network ports that must be open between the SRM and vSphere Replication protected and recovery sites
• Site Recovery Manager 1. to 4.1.x Network Ports

General networking guidelines:

• When troubleshooting SRM and vSphere Replication pairing and testing issues, eliminate firewalls and security applications as a possible cause of the problem by temporarily disabling or removing the software or item in question.
• If you are using a VPN adapter such as SonicWALL or Juniper, ensure that the timeout setting is set to the maximum for any tunnel that is open on the required ports.
  

Site Recovery Manager 5.x and vSphere Replication 1.0.x and 5.x network ports

The different components that make up SRM and vSphere Replication deployments, namely vCenter Server, SRM Server, the vSphere Replication appliance, and vSphere Replication servers, require different ports to be open.

Image of the ports that SRM and vSphere Replication use:

Note: For the full size image and other graphic representations of the port relationships, see the images attached at the bottom of this article.

vCenter Server and ESXi 5.x network ports that SRM requires

SRM and vSphere Replication require certain ports to be open on vCenter Server:

Default Port	Protocol or Description	Source	Target	Description
80	HTTP	SRM	Remote vCenter Server	All management traffic to SRM Server goes to port 80 on the vCenter Server proxy system.
443	HTTPS	SRM	vCenter Server	Default SSL Web port
902	TCP	SRM	Remote ESXi host	Traffic from the SRM Server on the recovery site to ESX hosts when recovering or testing virtual machines with IP customization, with configured callout commands on recovered virtual machines, or that use raw disk mapping (RDM). All NFC traffic for updating or patching the VMX files of virtual machines that are replicated using vSphere Replication use this port.

SRM Server 5.x network ports

The SRM Server instances on the protected and recovery sites require certain ports to be open.

Note: SRM Server at the recovery site must have NFC traffic access to the target ESXi servers.

Default Port	Protocol or Description	Source	Target	Endpoints or Consumers
80	TCP	SRM	Remote vCenter Server	All management traffic to SRM Server goes to port 80 on the vCenter Server proxy system.
80	TCP	SRM	Local vCenter Server	Management traffic to the local vSphere Replication management server (VRMS) goes to port 80 on the local vCenter Server proxy system.
443	TCP	SRM	vCenter Server	Default SSL Web Port for incoming TCP traffic
902	TCP and UDP	SRM	Remote ESXi host	Traffic from the SRM Server on the recovery site to ESXi hosts when recovering or testing virtual machines with IP customization, with configured callout commands on recovered virtual machines, or that use raw disk mapping (RDM). All NFC traffic for updating or patching the VMX files of virtual machines that are replicated using vSphere Replication use this port.
1433	TCP	SRM	Microsoft SQL Server	SRM connectivity to Microsoft SQL Server (for SRM database)
1521	TCP	SRM	Oracle Database Server	SRM database connectivity to Oracle
1526	TCP	SRM	Oracle Database Server	SRM database connectivity to Oracle
5000	TCP	SRM	IBM DB2 Database Server	SRM database connectivity to IBM DB2
8095	SOAP	vCenter Server and vSphere Client	SRM	From the vCenter Server proxy to the SRM Server (intrasite only).
9007	TCP	SRM External API Client	SRM	Used by external API clients for task automation.
9085	HTTP	vCenter Server	SRM	HTTP interface for downloading the UI plug-in and icons. This port must be accessible from the vCenter Server proxy system.
9086	HTTPS	vCenter Server	SRM	SRM client plug-in download between the vCenter Server proxy and SRM.

vSphere Replication Appliance 5.x network ports

The vSphere Replication appliance requires certain ports to be open. In SRM 5.1 and later and vSphere Replication 5.x, vSphere Replication is shipped as a combined appliance that contains both the vSphere Replication management server (VRMS) and a vSphere Replication server. SRM 5.x allows you to deploy additional vSphere Replication servers.

Note: vSphere Replication management servers must have NFC traffic access to target ESXi hosts.

Default Port	Protocol or Description	Source	Target	Endpoints or Consumers
80	TCP	vSphere Replication appliance	Remote vCenter Server	All management traffic to the vSphere Replication appliance goes to port 80 on the vCenter Server proxy system.
80	HTTP	vSphere Replication appliance	Remote ESXi host	Used to establish the connection before initial replication starts
902	TCP and UDP	vSphere Replication server in the vSphere Replication appliance	Remote ESXi host	Used by vSphere Replication servers to send replication traffic to the destination ESXi hosts.
5480	vSphere Replication appliance virtual appliance management interface (VAMI) Web UI (vSphere Replication 5.x)	Browser	vSphere Replication 5.x appliance	Administrator's Web browser.
8043	SOAP	vCenter Server Proxy	vSphere Replication appliance	From the vCenter Server proxy to the vSphere Replication appliance (intrasite only).
8123	SOAP	vSphere Replication appliance	vSphere Replication server	Management traffic from the vSphere Replication appliance to additional vSphere Replication servers (intrasite only).
31031	Initial replication traffic	ESXi host on primary site	vSphere Replication server in the vSphere Replication appliance	From the ESXi host at the protected site to the vSphere Replication appliance or vSphere Replication server at the recovery site.
44046	Ongoing replication traffic	ESXi host on primary site	vSphere Replication server in the vSphere Replication appliance	From the ESXi host at the protected site to the vSphere Replication appliance or vSphere Replication server at the recovery site.

vSphere Replication Management Server 1.0.x network ports

The vSphere Replication appliance requires certain ports to be open. SRM 5.0.x includes vSphere Replication 1.0.x. In vSphere Replication 1.0.x, vSphere Replication consists of a vSphere Replication management server (VRMS) appliance and one or more vSphere Replication servers.

Note: vSphere Replication management servers must have NFC traffic access to target ESXi hosts.

Default Port	Protocol or Description	Source	Target	Endpoints or Consumers
80	TCP	vSphere Replication management server	Remote vCenter Server	All management traffic to the vSphere Replication management server goes to port 80 on the vCenter Server proxy system.
80	HTTP	vSphere Replication management server	Remote ESXi host	Used to establish the connection before initial replication starts
902	TCP and UDP	vSphere Replication management server and vSphere Replication server	Remote ESXi host	Used by vSphere Replication servers to send replication traffic to the destination ESXi hosts.
8043	SOAP	vCenter Server Proxy	vSphere Replication management server	From the vCenter Server proxy to the vSphere Replication management server (intrasite only).
8080	VRMS virtual appliance management interface (VAMI) Web UI	Browser	VRMS 1.0.x	Administrator's Web browser.
8123	SOAP	vSphere Replication management server	vSphere Replication server	Management traffic from the vSphere Replication management server to the vSphere Replication servers (intrasite only).

vSphere Replication Server 1.0.x and 5.x network ports

The vSphere Replication 5.x appliance contains a vSphere Replication server. You can deploy additional vSphere Replication servers if you use vSphere Replication 5.1 with SRM 5.1 or if you use vSphere Replication 5.5. You cannot deploy additional vSphere Replication servers if you use vSphere Replication 5.1 without SRM.

SRM 5.0.x includes vSphere Replication 1.0.x. In vSphere Replication 1.0.x, vSphere Replication consists of a vSphere Replication management server (VRMS) appliance and one or more vSphere Replication server appliances that you deploy separately from the VRMS.

If you deploy additional vSphere Replication servers, ensure that the subset of the ports that vSphere Replication servers require are open on those servers.

Default Port	Protocol or Description	Source	Target	Endpoints or Consumers
902	TCP and UDP	vSphere Replication server	Remote ESXi host	Traffic (specifically the NFC service to the destination ESXi servers) between the vSphere Replication server and the ESXi hosts on the same site.
5480	VAMI Web UI for any additional vSphere Replication servers	Browser	vSphere Replication server	Administrator's Web browser.
8123	SOAP	vSphere Replication management server	vSphere Replication server	Management traffic from the vSphere Replication appliance or VRMS to the vSphere Replication servers (intrasite only).
31031	Initial replication traffic	ESXi host on primary site	vSphere Replication server	From the ESXi host at the protected site to the vSphere Replication appliance or vSphere Replication server at the recovery site.
44046	Ongoing replication traffic	ESXi host on primary site	vSphere Replication server	From the ESXi host at the protected site to the vSphere Replication appliance or vSphere Replication server at the recovery site.

Network ports that must be open between the SRM and vSphere Replication protected and recovery sites

SRM and vSphere Replication require that the protected and recovery sites can communicate.

Port	Protocol or Description	Source	Target	Endpoints or Consumers
80	SOAP	SRM and vSphere Replication appliance or VRMS	Remote vCenter Server	Management traffic between SRM Server instances and vSphere Replication appliances or VRMS.
8043	SOAP	vSphere Client	vSphere Replication appliance 5.x or VRMS 1.0.x	To allow the SRM UI to verify vSphere Replication appliance or VRMS certificates.
8095	SOAP	vSphere Client	SRM	To allow the SRM UI to verify SRM Server certificates.
31031	Initial replication traffic	ESXi host	vSphere Replication appliance 5.x or vSphere Replication server	From the ESXi host at the protected site to the vSphere Replication appliance or vSphere Replication server at the recovery site.
44046	Ongoing replication traffic	ESXi host	vSphere Replication appliance 5.x or vSphere Replication server	From the ESXi host at the protected site to the vSphere Replication appliance or vSphere Replication server at the recovery site.

Site Recovery Manager 1.0 - 4.1.x network ports

• VMware VirtualCenter/vCenter Server:
  
  • 80 – HTTP
  • 443 – SSL interface
  • 902 – VMware
  • 8096 – Tomcat
  
  Note: The vSphere Client must be able to communicate with vCenter Server through ports 8095 and 9007 for the SRM plug-in to function.
  
• VMware Site Recovery Manager:
  
  • 80 – HTTP
  • 8095 – SOAP interface between the vCenter Server proxy and SRM
  • 8096 – HTTP Listen
  • 9007 – SOAP interface for external API clients
  • 9008 – HTTP Listen
  
  Note: The vSphere Client must be able to communicate with both SRM servers through port 8095 for the SRM plug-in to function.

Source:-

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009562

Storage Replication Adapters (SRAs) for Vmware SRM 5.1

Storage replication adapters are not part of an SRM release. Your array vendor develops and supports them.
You can download storage replication adapters and their documentation from
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?productId=291&downloadGroup=SRM5111. VMware does not support SRAs that you download from other sites. You must install an SRA specific to each array that you use with SRM on the SRM Server host. SRM supports the use of multiple SRAs.