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, Hyper-V source VMs, or VMware source VMs.
Content Options
Hypervisors: Select the hypervisor for the source VMs.
When you edit an existing replication group, you cannot change this value.
Name: Enter a descriptive name for the replication group.
Select VMs: Select the virtual machines to replicate.
Target Options
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.
Access node: Select a VSA access node (previously called a proxy) that can be used to perform the replication operation.
Warm site recovery (Restore destination VM at the time of failover): Move this toggle key to the right to create a destination VM only during a failover.
Advanced Options
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.
Replications that apply incremental updates are not affected by this setting. Incremental updates are applied to the destination VM without overwriting the VM. If the destination VM is currently running, replication fails.
Note: When the Restore as a managed VM option is enabled and the replicated VM is active on the destination site, two copies of the disks (unmanaged and managed) are maintained in the storage account selected for staging for the incremental replication. If the Deploy virtual machine only during failover option is also enabled, the replicated VM is only deployed on the destination site after a failover operation.
Select copy: Select the backup copy that should be used as source for the replication operation.
Storage / Cache Options
Storage: Select the storage pool to use as a recovery store for source data to replicate to the destination site.
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:
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 or if a replication group is a warm site for Azure.
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 or if a replication group is a warm site for Azure.
Region: Select the region for the restored VM.
This field applies only to Azure.
Availability zone: For Azure managed disks, select the pre-defined availability zone for the restored VM.
The zones listed apply only to the region selected for the restored VM. If you select the Auto option rather than a specific availability zone (1, 2, or 3), and if the feature is supported for the specified region and VM size, the VM is restored to the same availability zone as the source VM, otherwise, it is restored without a zone (No Zone).
You can only change this value for new recovery targets or if a replication group is a warm site for Azure.
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 or if a replication group is a warm site for Azure.
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.
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.