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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
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Contents of the vSphere Replication Appliance
The vSphere Replication appliance provides all the components that vSphere Replication requires.
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vSphere Replication Client Plug-In
The vSphere Replication appliance adds a plug-in to the vSphere Web Client.
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Source and Target Sites
In a typical vSphere Replication installation, the source site provides business-critical data center
services. The target site is an alternative facility to which you can migrate these services.
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How vSphere Replication Works
With vSphere Replication, you can configure replication of a virtual machine from a source site to a
target site, monitor and manage the status of the replication, and recover the virtual machine at the
target site.
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Replication Data Compression
You can configure vSphere Replication to compress the data that it transfers through the network.
Contents of the vSphere Replication Appliance
The vSphere Replication appliance provides all the components that vSphere Replication requires.
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A plug-in to the vSphere Web Client that provides a user interface for vSphere Replication.
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An embedded database that stores replication configuration and management information.
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A vSphere Replication management server:
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Configures the vSphere Replication server.
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Enables, manages, and monitors replications.
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Authenticates users and checks their permissions to perform vSphere Replication operations.
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A vSphere Replication server that provides the core of the vSphere Replication infrastructure.
You can use vSphere Replication immediately after you deploy the appliance. The vSphere Replication
appliance provides a virtual appliance management interface (VAMI) that you can use to reconfigure the
appliance after deployment, if necessary. For example, you can use the VAMI to change the appliance
security settings, change the network settings, or configure an external database. You can deploy
additional vSphere Replication Servers using a separate .ovf package.
vSphere Replication Client Plug-In
The vSphere Replication appliance adds a plug-in to the vSphere Web Client.
You use the vSphere Replication client plug-in to perform all vSphere Replication actions.
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Configure connections between vSphere Replication sites.
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View all vCenter Server instances that are registered with the same SSO and status of each
vSphere Replication extension.
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