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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
6 Type the address of the vCenter Server instance to use with this installation.
You must use the same address format that you used when you installed vCenter Server.
For example, if you used a fully qualified domain name during installation, you must use that FQDN. If
you used an IP address, you must use that IP address.
7 Type an administrator email address.
8 Click Save and Restart Service to apply the changes.
You reconfigured the general settings of the vSphere Replication appliance.
Change the SSL Certiļ¬cate of the vSphere Replication
Appliance
You can change the initial vSphere Replication SSL certificate by generating a new self-signed certificate
or uploading an SSL certificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority.
vSphere Replication generates a standard SSL certificate when the appliance first boots and registers
with vCenter Server. The vSphere Replication self-signed certificate expires after 5 years from the first
boot of the appliance. The default certificate policy uses trust by thumbprint.
You can change the SSL certificate, for example if your company's security policy requires that you use
trust by validity and thumbprint or a certificate signed by a certification authority. You change the
certificate by using the virtual appliance management interface (VAMI) of the vSphere Replication
appliance. For information about the SSL certificates that vSphere Replication uses, see vSphere
Replication Certificate Verification and Requirements When Using a Public Key Certificate with vSphere
Replication.
See vSphere Replication Certificate Verification for details of how vSphere Replication handles
certificates.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the vSphere Replication appliance is powered on.
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Verify that you have administrator privileges to configure the vSphere Replication appliance.
Procedure
1 Use a supported browser to log in to the vSphere Replication VAMI.
The URL for the VAMI is https://vr-appliance-address:5480.
2 Type the root user name and password for the appliance.
You configured the root password during the OVF deployment of the vSphere Replication appliance.
3 (Optional) Click the VR tab and click Security to review the current SSL certificate.
4 Click Configuration.
5 (Optional) To enforce verification of certificate validity, select the Accept only SSL certificates
signed by a trusted Certificate Authority check box.
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