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Table Of Contents
- VMware vSphere Replication Installation and Configuration
- Contents
- vSphere Replication Installation and Configuration
- Updated Information
- Overview of VMware vSphere Replication
- vSphere Replication System Requirements
- Installing and Uninstalling vSphere Replication
- Install vSphere Replication
- Uninstall vSphere Replication
- Unregister vSphere Replication from vCenter Server if the Appliance Was Deleted
- Configuring the Customer Experience Improvement Program
- Isolating the Network Traffic of vSphere Replication
- Set Up a VMkernel Adapter for vSphere Replication Traffic on a Source Host
- Set Up a VMkernel Adapter for vSphere Replication Traffic on a Target Host
- Create a VM Network Adapter to Use for Incoming Replication Traffic on the Combined vSphere Replication Appliance
- Create VM Network Adapters to Isolate the Network Traffic of a vSphere Replication Server
- 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
- Update the NTP Server Configuration
- Reconfigure vSphere Replication to Use an External Database
- Use the Embedded vSphere Replication Database
- vSphere Replication Roles and Permissions
Configure vSphere Replication Connections
To use vSphere Replication between two sites managed by different vCenter Server instances, you need
to configure a connection between the two vSphere Replication appliances.
If the source and target vCenter Server instances use the same SSO domain, the connection is
considered local. vSphere Replication uses the SSO service on the local site to authenticate with each
vCenter Server in the SSO domain.
If the source and the target vCenter Server instances use different SSO domains, the connection is
considered remote. The vSphere Replication Management Server on the source site registers with the
Platform Services Controller (PSC) of the remote SSO domain.
You can use vSphere Replication to replicate virtual machines between ESXi hosts that the same
vCenter Server manages. In this case, you deploy only one vSphere Replication appliance and do not
need to connect the source and target sites.
You can configure a connection on either site on which you have installed a vSphere Replication
appliance. If you are using an untrusted certificate, certificate warnings might appear during the process.
You can also set up a connection between two sites while you configure a replication between them.
Prerequisites
If you plan to configure a remote connection, obtain the IP address or domain name of the server where
the PSC runs. The address appears in the LookupService Address text box on the Configuration tab
under VR in the vSphere Replication VAMI on the target site.
Procedure
1 Click vSphere Replication in the Navigator tree of the vSphere Web Client.
2 Under vSphere Replication, click the Home tab.
3 Click Manage.
4
Click Target Sites, and click the Connect to target site icon (
).
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