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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 to vCenter Server
- Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines to vCenter Server
- Move a Virtual Machine to a New vSphere Replication Server
- Stop Replicating a Virtual Machine
- Reconfiguring Replications
- Reconfigure Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) in Replications
- Resize the Virtual Machine Disk Files of a Replication that Uses Replication Seeds
- Resize Virtual Machine Disk Files of a Replication that Does Not Use Replication Seeds
- Change the Target Datastore Location
- Change the Point in Time Settings of a Replication
- 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 Not Authenticated 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
- Error at Reconfiguring the vSphere Replication Management Server from the Virtual Appliance Management Interface
You can also reconfigure the network settings for the vSphere Replication server virtual appliance.
Note vSphere Replication can either be deployed with IPv4 or IPv6 address. Mixing IP addresses, for
example having single appliance with both IPv4 and IPv6 address, is not supported. When operating with
IPv6 address, vSphere Replication requires that all components in the environment, such as
vCenter Server instances and ESXi hosts are accessible using IPv6 address.
Prerequisites
You deployed an optional vSphere Replication server in addition to the vSphere Replication appliance,
and the server is powered on.
Procedure
1 Log into the VAMI of the vSphere Replication server in a Web browser. A sample address might be
https://<vr_server_address>:5480.
2 Log in to the vSphere Replication server configuration interface as root.
Use the root password you set when you deployed the vSphere Replication server.
3 Click the VRS tab.
4 (Optional) Click Configuration to generate or upload a new certificate.
Option Action
Generate and install a self-signed
certificate
Click Generate and Install.
Upload an existing SSL certificate Click Browse next to the Upload PKCS#12 (*.pfx) file text box to browse for an
existing certificate, and click Upload and Install.
5 (Optional) Click Security to change the Super User password for the vSphere Replication server.
root is the Super User.
6 (Optional) Click the Network tab to change the network settings.
Option Action
View current network settings Click Status.
Set static or DHCP IPv4 or IPv6
addresses
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Click Address, and select DHCP, Static, or None for IPv4 addresses.
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Select Auto or Static for IPv6 addresses. If you select Static, type the default
gateway and DNS server addresses to use.
Configure proxy server Click Proxy, select the Use a proxy server check box, and type the proxy server
address and port number.
Save Settings If you do not click Save Settings, changes are discarded.
7 (Optional) Select VRS > Configuration > Restart to restart the vSphere Replication service.
8 (Optional) Select System > Reboot to reboot the vSphere Replication server appliance.
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