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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Replication for Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Contents
- About Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Updated Information
- Disaster Recovery to Cloud System Requirements and Compatibility
- Installing and Configuring vSphere Replication to Cloud
- Replicating Virtual Machines to Cloud
- Reconfiguring Replications to the Cloud
- Recovering Virtual Machines to Cloud
- Configuring Replications from Cloud
- Monitoring and Managing Replication Tasks
- Troubleshooting vSphere Replication for Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Index
3 If the test status is other than Test recovery has not been run or has been cleaned up from the
target site, click the Run test cleanup icon .
4 Click Yes.
Planned Migration to Cloud
Planned migration is an action that is available for replications to cloud. Planned migrations allow you to
move your workloads from vCenter Server to your cloud organization.
When you run a planned migration operation, the replication source virtual machine is powered off. The
placeholder virtual machine that is created in the cloud during replication is configured to run as a fully
functional virtual machine. When the recovered virtual machine is powered on in the target cloud site, the
replication task on the source is no longer active.
Migrate a Virtual Machine to Cloud
You can run a planned migration to move your workload from the vCenter Server to your cloud
organization.
You might want to migrate replicated virtual machines to cloud if you plan maintenance on the source site.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the source site and the target site are online.
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Verify that you have enough privileges to initiate migrations to cloud.
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If you have run test recoveries for the replication that you want to migrate, verify that you cleaned up
the test results.
Procedure
1 In the list of replications, click the replication that you want to migrate.
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Click the Run planned migration icon .
The Planned Migration wizard opens. If the user session to the target cloud organization is expired, the
wizard prompts you to enter user credentials.
3 On the Planned migration options page, select a data synchronization option and click Next.
4 On the Source VM shutdown page, select how to stop the source virtual machine and click Next.
Option Description
Guest shutdown
Shuts down the operating system of the virtual machine within the
timeout period that you set in the time spinners. This option uses VMware
Tools. Select the Guest shutdown option only if VMware Tools is installed
in the guest operating system.
Power off
Immediately shuts down the guest operating system or powers off the
virtual machine. The guest operating system might not shut down
properly. Select the Power off option only if VMware Tools is not installed
on the guest operating system.
5 (Optional) To power on the recovered virtual machine on the target site at the end of the migration
process, select Power on the recovered virtual machine on the Ready to Complete page.
6 Review your settings, and click Finish.
The replication status changes to Recovered, and the source virtual machine is no longer being replicated to
the target site.
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