Many times it’s not practical to modify the IP addresses of every individual VM as they are configured.  Luckily VMware has provided a way to bulk upload IP addresses.

From an SRM server, open a command prompt and change the working directory to:  c:Program FilesVMwareVMware vCenter Site Recovery Managerbin

NOTE: Path may be different depending on your install location.

Generate a .CSV file to edit your IP Addresses by running dr-ip-customizer.exe with the –cfg, –cmd –vc -i –out switches.

–cfg should be the location of the vmware-dr.xml file.  –cmd should be “Generate”, –vc lists the vCenter server, and –out lists the location to generate the .csv file.

Example: dr-ip-customizer.exe –cfg “C:Program filesVMwareVMware vCenter Site Recovery ManagerConfigvmware-dr.xml” –cmd generate –vc FQDNofvCenter -i –out c:ipaddys.csv

Open the .csv file and fill out the information.  Notice that there are two entries for the VM.  This is because there are two vCenters and in order to do protection and fail back we need the IP Addresses for both sides.

Once the IP Address information is entered, run the customizer again with the –cmd “Apply” and –CSV file location.

Example: dr-ip-customizer.exe –cfg “C:Program filesVMwareVMware vCenter Site Recovery ManagerConfigvmware-dr.xml” –cmd apply –vc FQDNofvCenter -i –csv c:ipaddys.csv