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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
4 Click Information.
You can review information about vSphere Replication, and reboot or shutdown the appliance.
Option Description
Vendor Vendor name
Appliance Name vSphere Replication appliance name
Appliance Version vSphere Replication version
Hostname Hostname of the appliance
OS Name Operating system name and version
OVF Environment: View Displays information about the OVF environment
Reboot Reboots the virtual appliance
Shutdown Shuts down the virtual appliance
Shutting down the vSphere Replication appliance stops configured replications and prevents you from
configuring replication of new virtual machines as well as modifying existing replication settings.
5 Click Time Zone.
Option Description
System Time Zone Time zones are available from the drop-down list
Save Settings Saves settings
Cancel Changes Discards changes
Update the NTP Server Configuration
Change the NTP server configuration of your vSphere Replication server if you change the NTP servers
that your vSphere Replication server uses.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the remote console of your vSphere Replication virtual machine is open and that you use
root credentials.
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Verify that the status of the NTP service of your vSphere Replication server is running.
Procedure
1 Open the /etc/ntp.conf file.
2 Update the IP address or name of the NTP server or servers.
3 (Optional) To add an additional NTP server add the following line.
server your_NTP_server_IP_address_or_name
4 Save the change and close ntp.conf file.
5 Run the service ntp reload command to reload the NTP configuration.
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