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Configure a Replication From Cloud
You can use vSphere Replication to configure a replication from cloud to your local site.
If your local site was recovered from a major breakdown and you need to restore it, or you cannot configure
a reverse replication, you can configure a new replication from cloud to synchronize data from cloud to
your local site.
NOTE You can configure a replication from cloud for only one virtual machine in a vApp.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the cloud site is available and connected to the local site. See “Connect to a Cloud Provider
Site,” on page 14.
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Verify that the list of incoming replications does not contain a replication for the virtual machine that
you want to configure for replication from cloud. See “Stop a Replication From Cloud,” on page 41.
Procedure
1 Use the vSphere Web Client to connect to your local site.
2 Navigate to the vSphere Replication tab under Monitor, and click Incoming Replications.
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Above the list of incoming replications, click the Configure replication from cloud provider icon (
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The Configure Replication From Cloud Provider wizard opens.
4 On the Source site page, select the cloud provider site where the virtual machine is located.
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If you have created a connection to the cloud provider, select the source virtual data center from
the list and click Next.
If the status of the connection is Not authenticated, you must provide credentials to authenticate
with the cloud organization.
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If you have not created a connection to the cloud provider, click New Provider VDC, click Next,
and follow the on-screen prompts to connect to the target cloud organization.
5 On the Available VMs page, select the virtual machine that you want to replicate.
You can select only one virtual machine from a vApp.
6 Accept the automatic assignment of a vSphere Replication server or select a particular server on the
local site and click Next.
7 On the Target location page, click Edit to select the datastore where replication data will be saved.
If you want to use existing disks as seeds for the replication, browse the datastore to locate the folder
where the seed disks are located.
8 (Optional) To configure the replication of individual disks, click the name of the source virtual machine.
The list of disks on the source virtual machine expands.
For each disk, you can select the virtual format, storage policy, and a datastore where it is replicated. If
the source virtual machine contains more than one disk, you can disable the replication of a disk by
clicking Disable in its Replication Enabled row.
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