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5 Select a target site option.
Option Description
Connect to a local site Select this option to connect to a vCenter Server that uses the same SSO domain
as the source vCenter Server. If the domain contains no vCenter Server systems
to which you can connect, this option is disabled.
For local connections, vSphere Replication uses the SSO service on the local site
to authenticate with each vCenter Server in the SSO domain. The list of
vCenter Server instances to which you can connect appears at the bottom of the
dialog box.
Connect to a remote site Select this option to connect to a vCenter Server that uses a different SSO
domain.
For remote connections, the vSphere Replication Management Server on the
source site registers with the PSC of the remote SSO domain. Therefore, you
must enter the IP address or host name of the server where the PSC runs, and
provide the credentials of a user that has the VRM remote.Manage VRM
privilege assigned.
Note If the remote PSC is using custom port configuration you must provide the
full URL to the Lookup Service starting with HTTPS. For example
https://FQDN:HTTPS_PORT/lookupservice/sdk.
When you log in to the remote SSO domain, a list of all vCenter Server instances
to which you can connect appears at the bottom of the dialog box.
6 Select the remote site to which you want to connect, and click OK.
Site Connection States Displayed in the vSphere Web Client
In the vSphere Web Client, on the vSphere Replication tab under Manage, you can check the states of
the connections to target sites.
The following table lists the states that you can observe, their meanings, and what you can do to change
a state back to normal.
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