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2 On the Connection settings page, type the address of your cloud provider, the organization name, and
credentials to authenticate with the cloud.
By default, vSphere Replication uses these credentials to establish a user session to the cloud and for
system monitoring purposes. To enable system monitoring, these credentials will be stored in the
vSphere Replication appliance, unless you select to use another user account for system monitoring.
3 (Optional) If you do not want to store the credentials that you used for authentication, select the Use a
different account for system monitoring check box, and type the credentials to be used for system
monitoring.
These credentials are encrypted and stored in the vSphere Replication database.
4 Click Next.
The Connect to a Cloud Provider wizard displays a list of virtual data centers to which you can connect.
If a virtual data center is already connected to the vCenter Server, that data center does not appear in
the list.
5 From the list of virtual data centers, select a target for the connection and click Next.
6 Review your settings and click Finish.
The connection to the cloud organization appears in the list of target sites. The status of the connection is
Missing network settings.
What to do next
Select the networks on the target site that vSphere Replication must use for recovery operations. See “Select
Recovery Networks on the Target Virtual Data Center,” on page 15
Select Recovery Networks on the Target Virtual Data Center
To finalize the configuration of a connection to the target site, you must specify the networks that the
Disaster Recovery to Cloud service should use for tests and recovery operations.
When you add a new connection to the cloud, at first it appears in Missing network settings status.
When you subscribe to the Disaster Recovery to Cloud service, VMware automatically creates two default
networks for your service—an isolated network and an external routed network. The Edge Gateway for the
routed network has a public IP address on an external interface so that it is accessible through the Internet.
You can use these networks for your virtual machines protected by the Disaster Recovery to Cloud service,
or create other networks in your cloud organization.
When you run a test recovery, vSphere Replication configures the replicated virtual machine on the target
site to connect to the test network. This lets you access the target virtual machine and verify that it operates
as expected and that data is replicated correctly per your replication settings.
The recovery network is used when you perform planned migrations and recovery operations.
vSphere Replication configures the replicated virtual machine on the target site and connects it to the
recovery network, so that you can have access.
Although you can use the same network for all recovery workflows, a good practice is to run test recoveries
in a separate network.
NOTE You can configure only one pair of networks for a cloud virtual data center.
Prerequisites
Verify that you created a connection to a cloud virtual data center. See “Connect to a Cloud Provider Site,”
on page 14.
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