When you configure a replication group for Amazon, provide Amazon-specific values for the destination site.
You can replicate to Amazon from VMware streaming backups.
Content Options
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Hypervisors: Select the hypervisor for the source VMs.
When you edit an existing replication group, you cannot change this value.
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Name: Enter a descriptive name for the replication group, or change the name.
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Select VM group: Select an existing VM group, or select Create new VM group to add specific VMs and create a new VM group.
When you edit an existing replication group, you cannot change this value.
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Select VMs: Select specific virtual machines to be replicated and click OK.
You can select VMs from the specified VM group.
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Plan: When you choose to create a new VM group, select a previously defined server plan for the group.
Target Options
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Target: Select a previously defined replication target or click Create replication target to create a new replication target.
When you edit an existing replication group, you cannot change this value.
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Access Node: Select a VSA proxy that can be used to perform the replication operation.
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Schedule: The only available option is Immediately after the backup job completes.
Advanced Options
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Validate destination VM (Power ON and OFF): Select this option to verify that the destination VM is bootable by powering it on and then powering off. Changes resulting from the power on are not preserved. If guest tools are not installed on the source VM, validation is skipped even when this option is selected.
If validation fails, the destination virtual machine reverts back to its last valid (bootable) state.
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Select copy: Select the backup copy that should be used as source for the replication operation.
Customization Scripts
To configure options for pre and post failover and failback scripts, click the Actions menu, click Configure script, and then choose the script that you want to configure. These scripts will be run for all the VMs in the group.
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Pre-failover script: This script is run on the production (source) VM before failover.
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Post-failover script: This script is run on the DR (Destination) VM after failover.
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Pre-failback script: This is will run on the DR (Destination) VM before failback.
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Post-failback script: This script is run on the Production (Source) VM after failback.
Override Options
Click Yes to override settings for specific VMs.
To change the destination settings for specific VMs, select the VMs from the Virtual machine list. You can enter the following information:
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Change instance display name to: Enter the display name for the destination instance.
You can only change this value when adding a new instance.
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Availability zone: Select the destination zone.
You can only change this value when adding a new instance.
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Network: Select a network interface for the destination instances.
You can only change this value when adding a new instance.
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Auto select security group: To specify a specific security group, clear this selection and, from the Security groups list, select a security group for the destination instances.
You can only change this value when adding a new instance.
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Auto select instance type: To specify a specific instance type, clear this selection and from the Instance type list, select an instance type that provides the available CPU cores and memory for the instance.
You can only change this value when adding a new instance.
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Specify guest credentials: Select this option to enable required drivers to be installed on the Amazon guest instance, and then provide values for the Domain / Computer name, Username, and Password boxes.
Note
When replication uses an Amazon instance as the VSA proxy, you must provide guest instance credentials for each guest instance.