List of All vCenter Services and their functions

We all perform vCenter validation and troubleshooting based on issues or checks; there are many important and optional services which I want to document though my blog post so we can review them if required.

please feel free to add your comments if you want to discuss more in details.

Below KB article from VMware is very importent for starting / stopping VMware vCenter services.

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2109881

 

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Network ports for Site Recovery Manager 6.1

Hi All,

Toady I found good KB article about SRM ports which are required for successful implementation and site pairing.

Site Recovery Manager can experience problems if the required network ports are not open.

In a Site Recovery Manager deployment, both the protected site and the recovery site must be able to resolve the vCenter Server instance by name. The correct ports must be open on both sites for uninterrupted communication.

vCenter Server and ESXi Server network port requirements for Site Recovery Manager 6.1

Site Recovery Manager requires certain ports to be open on vCenter Server, Platform Services Controller, and on ESXi Server:

Default Port	Protocol or Description	Source	Target	Description
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager	vCenter Server	Default SSL Web port
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager	Platform Services Controller	Traffic from Site Recovery Manager Server to local and remote Platform Services Controller.
902	TCP and UDP	Site Recovery Manager Server on the recovery site	Recovery site ESXi host	Traffic from the Site Recovery Manager 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.

Site Recovery Manager Server 6.1 network ports

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

Note: Site Recovery Manager 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
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager	vCenter Server	Default SSL Web Port for incoming TCP traffic
443	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager	Platform Services Controller	Traffic from Site Recovery Manager Server to local and remote Platform Services Controller.
902	TCP and UDP	Site Recovery Manager Server on the recovery site	Recovery site ESXi host	Traffic from the Site Recovery Manager 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	Site Recovery Manager	Microsoft SQL Server	Site Recovery Manager connectivity to Microsoft SQL Server (for Site Recovery Manager database)
1521	TCP	Site Recovery Manager	Oracle Database Server	Site Recovery Manager database connectivity to Oracle
1526	TCP	Site Recovery Manager	Oracle Database Server	Site Recovery Manager database connectivity to Oracle
9086	HTTPS	vSphere Web Client	Site Recovery Manager	All management traffic to Site Recovery Manager Server goes to this port. This includes traffic by external API clients for task automation and HTTPS interface for downloading the UI plug-in and icons. This port must be accessible from the vCenter Server proxy system. Used by vSphere Web Client to download the Site Recovery Manager client plug-in.

Network ports that must be open on Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication Protected and Recovery sites

Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication require that the protected and recovery sites can communicate.

Port	Protocol or Description	Source	Target	Endpoints or Consumers
31031	Initial replication traffic	ESXi host	vSphere Replication appliance on the recovery site	From the ESXi host at the protected site to the vSphere Replication appliance at the recovery site.
44046	Ongoing replication traffic	ESXi host	vSphere Replication appliance on the recovery site	From the ESXi host at the protected site to the vSphere Replication appliance at the recovery site.
8043	HTTPS	Site Recovery Manager	vSphere Replication appliance on the recovery and protected sites	Management traffic between Site Recovery Management instances and vSphere Replication appliances.

Note: Newly configured replication will use only 31031, existing replications will continue to use 44046 until reconfigured.

Site pairing port requirements

Port	Source	Target	Description
9086	vCenter Server	SRM server target site	vCenter and target SRM communication
9086	SRM server	SRM server on target site	SRM to SRM communication
443	SRM	PSC and vCenter	SRM to vCenter communication – local and remote

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