Replication Target Options for VMware Cloud Director

When you configure a replication target for VMware Cloud Director, provide VMware Cloud Director-specific values for the destination site. A few of the options cannot be modified once configured.

Note

To configure an isolated network for test failover operations, download a gateway template and copy it to a location where it can be accessed from the Command Center.

Select vendor: Select VMware Cloud Director.

General Options

Name: Enter a descriptive name for the destination site (for example, DR site 1).
Destination: Select a hypervisor for the destination VMs.
Access node: Select an access node or an access node group to perform operations for the replication target.

To restore multiple instances or VMs simultaneously, select Automatic to distribute the workload (instances or VMs) in the auto recovery job across the access nodes that are assigned for the destination hypervisor.

First, the VMs are assigned to the access nodes by a host match. If access nodes are not available in the same host, then the VMs are assigned to access nodes in the same data center. If there is no host or data center match, then VMs are assigned using the round-robin method.

If you select an access node group to restore VMs, the Commvault software distributes the workload (instances or VMs) in the restore job across the access nodes that are available in the access node group.
Security: Select the users or user groups to have access to the target.
VM display name: Choose the display name for each destination VM. Select Add a prefix to the VM name or Add a suffix to the VM name, and then enter a string to append to source VMs. You can also choose to use the original name.

Destination Options

Organization: Select the organization for the restored VM.
Org vDC: Select the organization vDC for the restored VM.
Restore vApp configuration: Move the toggle key to the right to restore the vApp network configuration, lease configuration, and virtual machine startup order of the source VM to the new vApp.
vApp name: Type the name of the new vApp you want to create.
VM storage policy: Select the storage policy for the restored VM.
Owner: Select the user who owns the destination vApp.
Network: Select a network connection for the restored VM.

Test Failover Options

Expiration time: Enter the amount of time for the test failover destination site to remain failover.
Units: The time unit for the Expiration time. Select Days or Hours.