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You can configure a reverse replication to update a replicated virtual machine on your local site with the
changes that occurred on its restored copy in the cloud. For example, you replicated a virtual machine
from the local site to the cloud and recovered the virtual machine to the cloud to use it while your local
site is being maintained. While the local site was offline, changes occurred in the recovered virtual
machine in the cloud. When your local site is back online, you can copy the changes from the cloud to
your local environment, or even migrate the virtual machine from the cloud back to the local environment.
When you reverse a replication, you can only use the original replication settings. You cannot change the
datastore location, RPO, PIT policy, and so on.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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Configure a Replication from Cloud
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Reverse a Replication to Cloud
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Configure Failback Recovery Settings for Replications from the Cloud
Configure a Replication from Cloud
You can use vSphere Replication to configure a replication from cloud to your local site.
If your local site was recovered from a major breakdown and you must restore it, or you cannot configure
a reverse replication, you can configure a new replication from cloud to synchronize data from the cloud
site to your local site.
Note You can configure a replication from cloud for only one virtual machine in a vApp.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the cloud site is available and connected to the local site. See Connect to a Cloud Provider
Site.
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Verify that the list of incoming replications does not contain a replication for the virtual machine that
you want to configure for a replication from cloud. See Stop a Replication from Cloud.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client.
2 On the home page, click Site Recovery and click Open Site Recovery.
3 On the Site Recovery home page, select the site pair to the cloud provider site and click View
Details.
4 On the Replications tab, click Reverse replications, and click the Create new replication icon.
The Configure Replication wizard starts.
5 Select the cloud provider site where the virtual machine is located and the virtual machines that you
want to protect, and click Next.
6 Accept the automatic assignment of a vSphere Replication server or select a particular server on the
local site and click Next.
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