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Configure a Reverse Replication from Cloud

You can use vSphere Replication to reverse a recovered outgoing replication and start copying data from the

cloud to your local site.

If you replicated a virtual machine from the local site to the cloud and recovered the virtual machine at the

cloud site to use it while your local site is being maintained, when your local site is back online, you can

synchronize the changes from the cloud to your local environment, or migrate the virtual machine from the

cloud back to the local environment.

When you reverse a replication, you can only use the original replication settings. You cannot change the

datastore location, RPO, PIT policy, and so on.

NOTE When you reverse a replication, the source virtual machine on the local site is unregistered from the

inventory and its disks are overridden by the disks that are replicated from the cloud. When the source

virtual machine is unregistered, you can no longer use it unless you recover the replication.

Prerequisites

Verify that the cloud site is available and connected to the local site. See “Connect to a Cloud Provider

Site,” on page 14.

In the list of outgoing replications, verify that the status of the replication that you want to reverse is

Recovered. See “Migrate a Virtual Machine to Cloud,” on page 33.

Procedure

1 Use the vSphere Web Client to connect to your local site.

2 Navigate to the vSphere Replication tab under Monitor, and click Outgoing Replications.

3 In the list of outgoing replications, select the replication that you want to reverse, and click the Reverse

replication icon (

NOTE The replication status must be Recovered.

vSphere Replication validates the source and target virtual machine, and the Reverse Replication dialog

box opens.

4 Review the settings for the reverse replication and click OK.

CAUTION The source virtual machine on the local site is unregistered from the inventory and becomes

inaccessible until you recover the replication.

vSphere Replication starts synchronizing data from the cloud to your local environment.

The reversed replication is removed from the list of outgoing replications and appears in the list of incoming

replications.

What to do next

You can recover the replication to migrate your virtual machine from cloud to your local environment.

NOTE You can pause, resume, sync, test, recover, and stop replications from cloud, but you cannot

reconfigure or move these replications between vSphere Replication servers.

If the reverse replication cannot be configured, try configuring a new replication from cloud. See “Configure

a Replication From Cloud,” on page 36.

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