Download the zip file for the Windows-based SRM offering. Extract or open the zip file. Navigate to the .exe file and right-click it and run it.
NET Framework 4.8 and above is required for SRA 4.0 and later
Once the installer appears, click Next to start the installation wizard:
Accept the EULA and click Next again:
If there is an issue, the installer will fail on the next page prior. The installer checks for a few pre-requisites and if they are not present the process will fail. The most common being that SRM is not yet installed. Ensure that SRM is installed on this Windows machine and restart the process.
To view the reason for the failure, click on the View Logs button and scroll to near the bottom of the log file to view the exception. If there are no issues the installation can be started. Click Install Now to begin the process.
If there are no issues with installation, the process will complete quickly and report success. Click Finish to exit the wizard.
Repeat this process on both Site Recovery Manager servers. Ensure that the exact same SRA version is installed on both SRM servers as well.
The vendor creates the SRA, certifies it via a specific VMware-provided test suite, then makes the SRA available to customers for download. SRM does not come packaged with these SRAs, so a customer must download it then install it into the SRM environment.