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Disaster Recovery to Cloud System
Requirements and Compatibility 2
To enable replications to the cloud, your environment must meet certain requirements in terms of additional
conguration and specic versions of the VMware products that you use.
System Requirements
Disaster Recovery to Cloud has the same requirements to the environment as vSphere Replication. In
addition, Disaster Recovery to Cloud requires that ports 10000 to 10010 of ESXi hosts are open for outgoing
trac . The required ports are open automatically when you install a VIB on each supported ESXi host in the
environment where the vSphere Replication appliance is deployed. See “How vSphere Replication Connects
to Cloud,” on page 14.
Product Compatibility
Replications to the cloud require that you run certain versions of VMware products on the source site and
on the target site. Your cloud provider ensures that the target environment is congured for replications to
cloud. You must verify that you run a supported version of the following products on the source site.
Table 2‑1. Compatible Product Versions on the Source Site for Replications to the Cloud
Product Supported Version
vSphere Replication appliance 5.6
ESXi host 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5
vCenter Server 5.1 and 5.5
vSphere Web Client 5.1 and 5.5
Roles and Permissions that Disaster Recovery to Cloud Requires
Replications to the cloud require certain users, roles, and permissions.
vSphere Web Client
On the vSphere side, you need the same credentials as the ones required for vSphere Replication. See topic
vSphere Replication Roles Reference in the VMware vSphere Replication Administration document.
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