System information

After the IP customization process finishes, virtual machines power on according to the priority groups and

any dependencies that you set. The power on process happens immediately before the Wait for VMTools

process for each virtual machine.

NOTE To customize the IP properties of a virtual machine, you must install VMware Tools or the VMware

Operating System Specific Packages (OSP) on the virtual machine. See

http://www.vmware.com/download/packages.html.

Manually Customize IP Properties For an Individual Virtual Machine on page 66

You can customize IP settings manually for individual virtual machines for both the protected site and

the recovery site.

Customizing IP Properties for Multiple Virtual Machines on page 67

You can customize the IP properties for multiple virtual machines on the protected and recovery sites

by using the DR IP Customizer tool and by defining subnet-level IP mapping rules.

Manually Customize IP Properties For an Individual Virtual Machine

You can customize IP settings manually for individual virtual machines for both the protected site and the

recovery site.

NOTE Virtual machines with manually defined IP customization are not subject to the IP Mapping Rule

evaluation during recovery. Manually-specified IP configuration takes precedence over IP mapping rules.

Procedure

1 In the vSphere Web Client, select Site Recovery > Recovery Plans, and select a recovery plan.

2 On the Related Objects tab, click Virtual Machines.

3 Right-click a virtual machine and click Configure Recovery.

4 Click the IP Customization tab and select Manual IP customization.

5 Select the NIC for which you want to modify IP Settings.

6 Click Configure Protection or Configure Recovery, depending on whether you want to configure IP

settings on the protected site or on the recovery site.

7 Click the General tab to configure settings.

a Choose the type of addressing to be used.

Available options include DHCP, static IPv4, or static IPv6.

b For static addresses, enter an IP address, subnet information, and gateway server addresses.

Alternately, if the virtual machine is powered on and has VMware Tools installed, you can click

Retrieve to import current settings configured on the virtual machine.

8 Click the DNS tab to configure DNS settings.

a Choose how DNS servers are found.

You can use DHCP to find DNS servers or you can specify primary and alternate DNS servers.

b Enter a DNS suffix and click Add or select an existing DNS suffix and click Remove, Move Up, or

Move Down.

9 Click the WINS tab to enter primary and secondary WINS addresses.

The WINS tab is available only when configuring DHCP or IPv4 addresses for Windows virtual

machines.

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