8.1
Table Of Contents
- vSphere Replication for Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Contents
- About Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Disaster Recovery to Cloud System Requirements and Compatibility
- Installing and Configuring vSphere Replication to Cloud
- Installing vSphere Replication for Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Upgrading vSphere Replication from Earlier Product Versions
- Configure the NTP Synchronization in Your Environment
- How vSphere Replication Connects to Cloud
- Configuring the Connection to the Cloud
- Connect to a Cloud Provider Site
- Reconfiguring a Site Pair and Breaking a Site Pair
- Select Recovery Networks on the Target Virtual Data Center
- Select Recovery Networks from Cloud to the Local Site
- Disable the Automatic Export of MAC Addresses During Replication
- Cloud Connection States
- Reconnect to a Cloud Provider Site
- Replicating Virtual Machines to Cloud
- Reconfiguring Replications to the Cloud
- Recovering Virtual Machines to Cloud
- Configuring Replications from Cloud
- Recovering Virtual Machines from Cloud
- Monitoring and Managing Replications in vSphere Replication
Table 3‑1. vSphere Replication Deployment Procedures (Continued)
vCenter Server Version vSphere Replication Deployment Procedure
vCenter Server 6.5 See the topic Deploy the vSphere Replication Virtual Appliance
in the vSphere Replication 6.5 Administration document.
vCenter Server 6.7 See the topic Deploy the vSphere Replication Virtual Appliance
in the vSphere Replication 8.1 Administration document.
Important In these procedures, the steps for installing vSphere Replication on the target site apply to
vCenter Server replications. If you intend to use vSphere Replication only for replications to cloud, do not
attempt to install vSphere Replication on the target site. Your cloud provider ensures that the target site is
configured for replications to cloud.
After installing the vSphere Replication appliance, you must configure it to synchronize with an external
NTP server. See Configure the NTP Synchronization in Your Environment.
Upgrading vSphere Replication from Earlier Product
Versions
You can upgrade vSphere Replication 5.5.x, 5.8, and 6.x to vSphere Replication 8.x.
To upgrade a previously installed version of vSphere Replication to vSphere Replication for
Disaster Recovery to Cloud, you must mount the vSphere Replication ISO file on a system in your
environment. The system must be accessible from the vSphere Replication appliance, and apply the
update through the virtual appliance administration interface (VAMI) on port 5480. See Upgrading
vSphere Replication.
After upgrading the vSphere Replication appliance, you must configure it to synchronize with an external
NTP server. See Configure the NTP Synchronization in Your Environment.
Configure the NTP Synchronization in Your Environment
If you are upgrading the vSphere Replication appliance and the NTP has not been configured yet, you
must synchronize the time on the vSphere Replication appliance in your environment with an NTP server.
By default, the vSphere Replication appliance is synchronized with the ESXi host on which it resides. You
must disable the NTP synchronization with the host and configure the vSphere Replication appliance and
the vCenter Server to synchronize with an external NTP server.
Procedure
1 Configure the NTP synchronization on the vSphere Replication appliance.
a In the vSphere inventory tree, locate the vSphere Replication appliance, right-click, and select
Edit Settings.
b On the VM Options tab, click VMware Tools.
c Deselect the Synchronize guest time with host check box.
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