System information

Configuring IP settings for both sites is optional. You can provide settings for only the protected site, or
settings for only the recovery site, or settings for both sites. You can configure each site to use a different set
of network adapters in a completely different way.
Certain fields in the CSV file must be completed for every row. Other fields can be left blank if no
customized setting is required.
Table 6‑2. Columns of the DR IP Customizer CSV File
Column Description Customization Rules
VM ID Unique identifier that DR IP
Customizer uses to collect
information from multiple rows for
application to a single virtual
machine. This ID is internal to DR IP
Customizer and is not the same as
the virtual machine ID that
vCenter Server uses.
Not customizable. Cannot be blank.
VM Name The human-readable name of the
virtual machine as it appears in the
vCenter Server inventory.
Not customizable. Cannot be blank.
vCenter Server Address of a vCenter Server instance
on either the protected site or the
recovery site. You set the IP settings
for a virtual machine on each site in
the vCenter Server column.
Not customizable. Cannot be blank.
This column can contain both
vCenter Server instances. Each
vCenter Server instance requires its
own row. You can configure one set of
IP settings to use on one site and
another set of IP settings to use on the
other site. You can also provide IP
settings to be used on both sites, for
reprotect operations.
Adapter ID ID of the adapter to customize.
Adapter ID 0 sets global settings on
all adapters for a virtual machine.
Setting values on Adapter ID 1, 2, 3,
and so on, configures settings for
specific NICs on a virtual machine.
Customizable. Cannot be left blank.
The only fields that you can modify for
a row in which the Adapter ID is 0 are
DNS Server(s) and DNS Suffix(es).
These values, if specified, are inherited
by all other adapters in use by that VM
ID.
You can include multiple DNS servers
on multiple lines in the CSV file. For
example, if you require two global
DNS hosts, you include two lines for
Adapter ID 0.
n
One line that contains all the
virtual machine information plus
one DNS host.
n
One line that contains only the
second DNS host.
To add another DNS server to a
specific adapter, add the DNS server to
the appropriate Adapter line. For
example, add the DNS server to
Adapter ID 1.
DNS Domain DNS domain for this adapter. Customizable. Can be left blank.
If you do enter a value, it must be in
the format example.company.com.
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