6.5

Configuring Replications from
Cloud 7
You can replicate a virtual machine from your cloud environment to a vCenter Server if the virtual
machine was recovered in the cloud.
You select whether to configure a new replication from cloud or a reverse replication from cloud
depending on the condition of your local environment.
Configuring Replications from Cloud
When the local site does not contain data about an outgoing or incoming cloud replication for the virtual
machine that you want to replicate, you can configure a replication from cloud for that machine.
In addition to simply replicating virtual machines from cloud to your local site, you can use replications
from cloud to restore your site by using the data that was previously replicated in the cloud. For example,
a partial or complete breakdown has occurred at your local site, and the source virtual machines that
were used for replications to cloud are missing. Additionally, the data for outgoing cloud replications is
missing, too. In your cloud organization, you have recovered some of the replicated virtual machines. To
restore them back on your local site, you can configure replications from cloud for the recovered virtual
machines.
Configuring Reverse Replications
On the local site, for an outgoing cloud replication that is in the Recovered state, you can reverse that
replication to start transferring data from the recovered virtual machine in the cloud to the local virtual
machine that served as the replication source before the recovery operation.
You can configure a reverse replication to update a replicated virtual machine on your local site with the
changes that occurred on its restored copy in the cloud. For example, you replicated a virtual machine
from the local site to the cloud and recovered the virtual machine to the cloud to use it while your local
site is being maintained. While the local site was offline, changes occurred in the recovered virtual
machine in the cloud. When your local site is back online, you can copy the changes from the cloud to
your local environment, or even migrate the virtual machine from the cloud back to the local environment.
When you reverse a replication, you can only use the original replication settings. You cannot change the
datastore location, RPO, PIT policy, and so on.
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