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Reconfigure the vSphere Replication Appliance
If necessary, you can reconfigure the vSphere Replication appliance settings by using the virtual appliance
management interface (VAMI).
You provide the settings for the vSphere Replication appliance in the Deploy OVF wizard when you deploy
the appliance. If you selected automatic configuration of the appliance using an embedded database, you
can use the vSphere Replication appliance immediately after deployment. If necessary you can modify the
configuration settings of the vSphere Replication appliance after you deploy it.
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Reconfigure General vSphere Replication Settings on page 56
You can use vSphere Replication immediately after you deploy the vSphere Replication appliance. If
necessary, you can reconfigure the general settings after deployment in the virtual appliance
management interface (VAMI).
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Change the SSL Certificate of the vSphere Replication Appliance on page 57
vSphere Replication appliance uses certificate-based authentication for all connections that it
establishes with vCenter Server and remote site vSphere Replication appliances.
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Change the Password of the vSphere Replication Appliance on page 60
You set the password of the vSphere Replication appliance when you deploy the appliance. You can
change the password after installation by using the virtual appliance management interface (VAMI).
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Change Keystore and Truststore Passwords of the vSphere Replication Appliance on page 60
To increase security, you can change the default passwords of the vSphere Replication appliance
keystore and truststore. If you copy the keystores from the appliance to another machine, VMware
recommends that you change the passwords before the copy operation.
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Configure vSphere Replication Network Settings on page 61
You can review current network settings and change address and proxy settings for
vSphere Replication. You might make these changes to match network reconfigurations.
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Configure vSphere Replication System Settings on page 62
You can view the vSphere Replication system settings to gather information about the
vSphere Replication appliance. You can also set the system time zone, and reboot or shut down the
appliance.
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Reconfigure vSphere Replication to Use an External Database on page 63
The vSphere Replication appliance contains an embedded vPostgreSQL database that you can use
immediately after you deploy the appliance, without any additional database configuration. If
necessary, you can reconfigure vSphere Replication to use an external database.
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Use the Embedded vSphere Replication Database on page 66
If you configured vSphere Replication to use an external database, you can reconfigure
vSphere Replication to use the embedded database.
Reconfigure General vSphere Replication Settings
You can use vSphere Replication immediately after you deploy the vSphere Replication appliance. If
necessary, you can reconfigure the general settings after deployment in the virtual appliance management
interface (VAMI).
The general settings of the vSphere Replication appliance include the name and IP address of the
vSphere Replication appliance, the address and port of the vCenter Server instance to which it connects, and
an administrator email address. You can change the general settings from the default values in the virtual
appliance management interface (VAMI).
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