Create a Replication Target for AWS Auto Recovery

Recovery targets specify details about the hypervisor that you replicate to and other replication settings.

Start the Replication Target Wizard

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Auto recovery > Targets.

2. In the upper-right area of the page, click Add.

   The Select vendor page appears.

3. Select Amazon Web Services.

4. Click Next.

General Page

1. In the Name box, enter a descriptive name for the destination site (for example, DR site 1).

2. From the Destination list, select a hypervisor for the destination instances.

3. From the Access node list, select an access node or an access node group to perform operations for the replication target.

   For AWS to AWS restores, if you assigned an access node at the hypervisor and VM group levels, both the access nodes are used. For AWS restores, if you assigned an access node at the hypervisor level and the VM group level for both the source and the destination hypervisors, the access nodes assigned for the destination hypervisor are used.

   To restore multiple instances simultaneously, select Automatic to distribute the workload (instances) in the auto recovery job across the access nodes that are assigned for the destination hypervisor. This option is available for operations both from streaming backups or IntelliSnap backup copies.

4. From the Security list, select the users and/or the user groups that should have access to the replication target.

5. For VM display name, select Use original name, Add a prefix to the VM name or Add a suffix to the VM name, and then enter a string that will be appended to source instances to create the display name for each destination instance.

6. Click Next.

Destination Options

1. From the Availability zone list, select the destination zone.

2. For Instance type, leave Automatic or to select a specific instance type that provides the available CPU cores and memory for the instance.

3. From Key Pair list, select a key pair to log on to the instance after the replication is complete.

4. From the IAM role for Amazon EC2 list, select the IAM role for destination instance.

5. For Network, click Browse, and then select a network interface for the destination instances.

6. For Security groups, select one of the following:

   • Auto-assign: Assigns the same security group that the source instances have.

   • Custom: Select a security group from the AWS account that you're recovering the instances to.

7. From the Volume type list, leave Auto selected or select a specific volume type for the replication target that is optimized for transactional or streaming workloads.

   • Auto: Uses the same volume type as that of the source instance.

   • General Purpose SSD (gp2)

   • General Purpose SSD (gp3)

   • Provisioned IOPS SSD (io1)

   • Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2)

   • Throughput Optimized HDD (st1)

   • Cold HDD (sc1)

   • Magnetic (standard)

8. From KMS key list, leave the default value or select a different encryption key.

   By default, the encryption key of the source instance is used.

9. Click Next.

Test Failover Options Page

1. For Expiration time, enter the amount of time for the test failover destination site to remain in failover state.

2. For Units, select the time unit for the Expiration time. You can select either Days or Hours.

3. For Network, a network for the test failover is selected by default. To specify another network, click Browse, and then select a new network.

4. For Security groups, select one of the following:

   • Auto-assign: Assigns the same security group that the source instances have.

   • Custom: Select a security group from the AWS account that you're recovering the instances to.

5. For Instance type, leave Automatic or select an instance type for the test failover instance.

6. Click Submit.