Disaster Recovery User's Guide

See “About Placeholders in vCloud Air,” on page 15 for information.
3 Using vSphere Replication or vCloud Air, test recovery for a virtual machine and cleanup the test after
you run it.
See “Test a Recovery,” on page 18 for information.
4 In the event that your source site becomes unavailable, log into vCloud Air and recover your virtual
machines to vCloud Air.
See “Recover a Virtual Machine,” on page 20 for information.
5 Once your source site is available, reverse replicate your virtual machines from the vCloud Air Web UI.
System Requirements and Compatibility
To enable replications to vCloud Air - Disaster Recovery, your on-premises environment must meet certain
requirements in terms of additional configuration and specific versions of the VMware products that you
use.
System Requirements
Replications to vCloud Air - Disaster Recovery and access to new features require that you run certain
versions of VMware products on the source site and on the target site. Once you are subscribed to the
service, vCloud Air - Disaster Recovery ensures that the environment is configured for replications by
providing a disaster recovery-enabled virtual data center (VDC).
Product Compatibility
You must verify that you run a supported version of the products on the source site. Please contact your
VMware representative for more details.
VMware recommends the following product versions for this release of vCloud Air - Disaster Recovery:
Table 1‑1. Recommended Product Versions
Product Recommended Version
vSphere Replication appliance 6.0
vCenter Server 6.0
vSphere Web Client 6.0
ESXi host 5.0, 5.1.x, 5.5.x, and 6.0
NOTE You should also ensure that you have Internet connectivity without a proxy or traffic filtering device
setup.
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