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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
Prerequisites
To replicate virtual machines using vSphere Replication, you must deploy the vSphere Replication
appliance at the source and target sites. You must power on the virtual machines to begin replication.
Procedure
1 On the vSphere Web Client Home page, click VMs and Templates.
2 Select a datacenter, click the Related Objects tab, then click the Virtual Machines tab.
A list of virtual machines appears in the right pane.
3 Select the virtual machines to replicate using the Ctrl or Shift keys.
4 Right-click the virtual machines and click All vSphere Replication Actions > Configure replication.
5 Acknowledge the number of virtual machines to replicate.
6 Verify the virtual machine validation and click Next.
7 Select the target site.
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If you have already connected the source and target sites, select the target site from the list.
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If you have not connected the source and target sites, and the target site is local, select the target
site from the list.
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If you have not connected the source and target sites, and the target site is remote, click Add
Remote Site and enter the IP or name, and credentials to connect to the site.
8 Accept the automatic assignment of a vSphere Replication server or select a particular server on the
target site.
9 Select the target location datastore. Optionally, you can select the virtual machine storage policy.
10 Select a Guest OS Quiescing configuration, if applicable to the source virtual machine operating
system.
11 Use the RPO slider or enter a value to configure the maximum amount of data that can be lost in the
case of a site failure. Optionally, enable point in time instances and specify instance retention policy.
The available RPO range is from 15 minutes to 24 hours.
12 Choose whether or not to use replication seeds.
This option searches the selected target datastore for replication seeds. If candidate files are found,
confirm whether to use the found files as seeds.
13 Review the settings and click Finish to establish replication.
vSphere Replication starts an initial full synchronization of the virtual machine files to the designated
datastore on the target site.
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