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Table Of Contents
- VMware vSphere Replication Administration
- Contents
- vSphere Replication Administration
- Updated Information
- Overview of VMware vSphere Replication
- vSphere Replication Roles and Permissions
- vSphere Replication System Requirements
- Installing vSphere Replication
- Deploying Additional vSphere Replication Servers
- Upgrading vSphere Replication
- Reconfigure the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Reconfigure General vSphere Replication Settings
- Change the SSL Certificate of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Change the Password of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Change Keystore and Truststore Passwords of the vSphere Replication Appliance
- Configure vSphere Replication Network Settings
- Configure vSphere Replication System Settings
- Reconfigure vSphere Replication to Use an External Database
- Use the Embedded vSphere Replication Database
- Replicating Virtual Machines
- How the Recovery Point Objective Affects Replication Scheduling
- Replicating a Virtual Machine and Enabling Multiple Point in Time Instances
- Using vSphere Replication with Virtual SAN Storage
- Replicating Virtual Machines Using Replication Seeds
- Replicating a Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance
- Configure Replication for a Single Virtual Machine
- Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines
- Move a Virtual Machine to a New vSphere Replication Server
- Stop Replicating a Virtual Machine
- Reconfiguring Replications
- Performing a Recovery with vSphere Replication
- Monitoring and Managing Replications in vSphere Replication
- Troubleshooting vSphere Replication
- vSphere Replication Limitations
- Access the vSphere Replication Logs
- vSphere Replication Events and Alarms
- Solutions for Common vSphere Replication Problems
- Error at vService Bindings When Deploying the vSphere Replication Appliance
- OVF Package is Invalid and Cannot be Deployed
- Connection Errors Between vSphere Replication and SQL Server Cannot be Resolved
- Application Quiescing Changes to File System Quiescing During vMotion to an Older Host
- Configuring Replication Fails for Virtual Machines with Two Disks on Different Datastores
- vSphere Replication Service Fails with Unresolved Host Error
- Scalability Problems when Replicating Many Virtual Machines with a Short RPO to a Shared VMFS Datastore on ESXi Server 5.0
- vSphere Replication Sites Appear in the Disconnected State
- Error Recovering Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance
- vSphere Replication RPO Violations
- vSphere Replication Appliance Extension Cannot Be Deleted
- vSphere Replication Does Not Start After Moving the Host
- Unexpected vSphere Replication Failure Results in a Generic Error
- Increase the Memory of the vSphere Replication Server for Large Deployments
- Reconnecting Sites Fails If One Of the vCenter Servers Has Changed Its IP Address
- Uploading a Valid Certificate to vSphere Replication Results in a Warning
- vSphere Replication Server Registration Takes Several Minutes
- Generating Support Bundles Disrupts vSphere Replication Recovery
- vSphere Replication Operations Take a Long Time to Complete
- vSphere Replication Does Not Display Incoming Replications When the Source Site is Inaccessible
- vSphere Replication is Inaccessible After Changing vCenter Server Certificate
- vSphere Replication Cannot Establish a Connection to the Hosts
- Anti-virus Agent in Firewall Terminates Virtual Machine Replication
- Initial Full Synchronization of Virtual Machine Files to VMware Virtual SAN Storage Is Slow
- vSphere Web Client 5.1.x Non-Functioning Option Binds vSphere Replication Traffic to a Specific vmknic
- Configuring Replication Fails After Rebuilding VRMS
- vSphere Replication Operations Run Slowly as the Number of Replications Increases
vSphere Replication is ready for use immediately after you deploy the appliance. No manual configuration
or registration is required.
What to do next
Perform optional reconfiguration of the vSphere Replication appliance by using the virtual appliance
management interface (VAMI). You can install a certificate, change the appliance root password, change
the trust policy, or configure vSphere Replication to use an external database.
Configure vSphere Replication Connections
To use vSphere Replication between two sites managed by different vCenter Server instances, you need
to configure a connection between the two vSphere Replication appliances.
You can complete this process on either site on which you have installed a vSphere Replication
appliance. If you are using an untrusted certificate, certificate warnings might appear during the process.
You can also configure connection between the two sites when you configure a replication.
Alternatively, you can use vSphere Replication to replicate virtual machines between different ESXi hosts
that the same vCenter Server manages. In this case, you deploy only one vSphere Replication appliance
and you do not need to connect the source and target sites.
Prerequisites
Procedure
1 Click vSphere Replication on the Home tab of the vSphere Web Client.
2 Click the Summary tab.
3 In the Local sites pane, click the name of the site on the source site.
4 Right-click the site in the left pane, select All vSphere Replication Actions > Connect to target
site, type the IP address or name of the remote site vCenter Server and the username and password
for the target site.
Option Description
To select an existing target site Click Select a target site and select a site from the list.
To configure a new remote site Click Connect to remote site and type the IP address or name of the remote site
vCenter Server, and provide the user name and password for the target site.
5 Click OK.
Uninstall vSphere Replication
You uninstall vSphere Replication by unregistering the appliance from vCenter Server and removing it
from your environment.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the vSphere Replication virtual appliance is powered on.
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