• Powershell scripts after Linux ZVM upgrade
    • Connect to Vcenter with powershell script from ZVM

      Hello, I would like some help regarding an issue I’m encountering when attempting to connect from a ZVM to a VCenter via a PowerShell script. For context, I’m performing a failover using the prescript and postscript options provided by Zerto. I use these options to execute PowerShell scripts. Our Zerto version is Zerto version 9 […]

      in: Scripting and APIs

    • People: 5
      Replies: 3
    • October 22, 2024
    • v1 REST API via Postman

      I am trying to authenticate with the v1 API using Postman. Eventually I would like to use the API to export a list of protected VM’s. All of the example documentation on the v1 API is for powershell which I do not plan to use. Can anyone provide links or examples of an authentication request […]

      in: Scripting and APIs

    • People: 2
      Replies: 1
    • October 17, 2024
    • Powershell scripts after Linux ZVM upgrade

      We recently upgraded from the windows based ZVM over to version 10.0 Update 2 which is linux based.  The upgrade itself went relatively well but we cant seem to get our post-recovery scripts to work.  These scripts were intended to simply update DNS records on our Windows based DNS servers.  Knowing these scripts must be […]

      in: Scripting and APIs

    • People: 4
      Replies: 5
    • October 15, 2024
    • Retroactive Checkpoint Addition

      I can use a timestamp to find the checkpoint that I want to use for failover live/test. While I have the checkpoint ID, I would like to be able to retroactively assign a checkpoint name. Is this possible? It seems to me that I should be able to update a field in a record that […]

      in: Scripting and APIs

    • People: 2
      Replies: 1
    • October 8, 2024
    • Ansible Playbooks

      Hello Everyone, We’ve recently been working on creating some open source examples of how to leverage Zerto with Ansible. For those who might be interested you can now find these open source examples here on GitHub: https://github.com/ZertoPublic/Ansible. We will be continuing to add more playbooks and welcome feedback you have on these.

      in: Scripting and APIs

    • People: 1
      Replies: 0
    • September 24, 2024
    • Set VPG SLA Test Alerts to ‘NONE’

      I would like to set the VPG Test Alerts to ‘NONE’ within the Replication/SLA section of the VPG config. The current setting is 6 months for an alert to be triggered. This is a simple straight forward change via the GUI. Does anyone have a sample script solution for doing this as a batch rather […]

      in: Scripting and APIs

    • People: 1
      Replies: 1
    • September 20, 2024
    • Python Automation Examples

      Hello Everyone, We’ve recently been working on creating some open source examples of how to leverage Zerto with Python. For those who might be interested you can now find these open source examples here on GitHub: https://github.com/ZertoPublic/Python-Automation-Examples. We will be continuing to add more examples and welcome feedback you have on these.

      in: Scripting and APIs

    • People: 1
      Replies: 0
    • September 11, 2024
    • Secure Credentials for API

      I am newer to this sort of work. At the moment, we’re manually doing failover tests and gathering info for reports. I’d like to automate this. Following along zerto’s documentation to establish a session from this article, I want to be able to use a securestring generated like: $credentials = get-credential $credentials.Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString | […]

      in: Scripting and APIs

    • People: 3
      Replies: 4
    • August 30, 2024
    • zerto cloud manager – shared datastore

      hi when setting up resources in zerto cloud manager, the remote customer site doesn’t see datastore that aren’t shared between all the hosts. he only sees shared ones. is it possible to expose standalone ones as well?

      in: VMware

    • People: 2
      Replies: 1
    • July 9, 2024
    • Convert RDM Disk to Multi-Writer

      We would like to replicate 2 x Red Hat Linux VMWare VMS configured in a Cluster using RDM (Raw Device Mapping) from a SAN to destination VMWare vSphere 6.7 Cluster using VSAN and disk type Multi-Writer. Can you confirm it is possible to replicate Source: RDM to Target: Multi-Writer?

      in: Support Q & A

    • People: 4
      Replies: 6
    • July 6, 2024
    • ZVM – Windows to Linux migration

      Is there any method of migrating from the Windows ZVM to the new Linux-based ZVM?  I’m not seeing anything documented, only that it will be in an “upcoming release”. We’ve set up a lab with the current Windows ZVM and its VRAs then deployed the Linux ZVMs.  We can link them but only one VRA […]

      in: VMware

    • People: 4
      Replies: 5
    • July 6, 2024
    • Cybersports and betting

      Hi all, I was wondering if anyone here likes to play games and is interested in esports, maybe even bets on esports at some point, and can help me with my question.

      in: Support Q & A

    • People: 2
      Replies: 1
    • July 5, 2024
    • Failure Scenario – Whole VMware cluster unavailabl

      Hi, we have just implemented 2 new ESXi clusters and have been doing some power failure tests. Our concern is when we tested a complete cluster failure ( loss of power to site) Zerto did everything it was meant to, failed over to the still active site and started the protected VMs on the only […]

      in: Support Q & A

    • People: 2
      Replies: 3
    • July 5, 2024
    • Offline Upgrade of Zerto Appliance

      I need to upgrade our Zerto Virtual Appliance from 10.0 U1 to latest 10.0 U2.   The problem ist that we have no direct internet connection. I found an article how to configure a proxy for all pods, but still the update fails. DNS is also resolved via proxy, so ping or lookup of domains […]

      in: Self-Installation Questions

    • People: 5
      Replies: 5
    • July 3, 2024