When you configure a replication group for an Azure destination, identify source VMs, and then provide Azure-specific values for replication to the destination site.
You can replicate to an Azure destination from Azure source VMs or VMware source VMs.
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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Update the replication group if VMs are added or removed from this VM group: Select this option when you are replicating all of the VMs in a VM group, to ensure that changes to the VM group will be reflected in replication operations.
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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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Recovery target: Select a previously defined recovery target or click Create new to create a new recovery 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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Unconditionally overwrite if it already exists: When you select this option, the first replication operation replaces an existing VM with the same name in the target location, even if the destination VM is running.
Replication operations from incremental backups are not affected by this setting. Subsequent incremental backups and replication updates are applied to the destination VM without overwriting the VM. If the destination VM is currently running, the replication operation fails.
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Select copy: Select the backup copy that should be used as source for the replication operation.
Storage / Cache Options
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Storage: Select the storage pool to use as a recovery store for source data to replicate to the destination site.
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Replicate using secondary copy: To replicate from a secondary copy, select this option.
- Storage: Select the storage pool to use for secondary copies of source data to replicate to the destination site.
Override Options
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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VM display name: Enter a string that is added to source VM names to create display names for the destination VMs, or enter a prefix or suffix to apply to multiple VMs.
You can only change this value when adding a new VM.
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Resource group: Select the resource group in which the converted virtual machine should be created.
You can only change this value when adding a new VM.
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Region: Select the region for the restored VM.
This field applies only to Azure Resource Manager.
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Storage account: Select an Azure Standard or Premium general-purpose storage account. You can select a different storage account for each virtual machine and disk.
The storage accounts listed are only those associated with the selected region for the restored VM.
You can only change this value when adding a new VM.
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VM size: Select a VM size from the list. The VM sizes in the list are those that are available for the resource group you selected.