Configure Local Sites

The workflow registers Site Recovery Manager sites with the plug-in to provide access to the Site Recovery Manager and vCenter Server inventory.

Registering a Site Recovery Manager site as a local site in the plug-in defines the functional direction of workflows for that site. For example, running inventory mapping workflows on a local site maps inventory objects from the local sites to inventory objects on the remote site.

You can register as local sites both Site Recovery Manager protected and recovery sites in a single VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator instance. To do that, you must register both vCenter Server instances with the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator client. You can then run the rest of the available workflows from the chosen direction for both sites from a single VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator client.

You can run the workflow again on the same vCenter Server instance to change the user name or password you want to use. After that the other workflows in the plug-in will use the updated credentials.

Prerequisites

Verify that your vCenter Server is registered with your VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator client. If vCenter Server is not registered with VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator, the plug-in is unable to get the Site Recovery Manager URL and cannot import the Site Recovery Manager certificate.

Note: For information about how to configure your Site Recovery Manager to work with a vSphere environment, see the Configuring VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator section in the Installing and Configuring VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator documentation.

Procedure

1. Log in to the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator Client as an administrator.
2. Navigate to Library > Workflows.
3. In the Filter box, enter Configure Local Sites and click Enter.
4. Click the workflow and click Run.
5. Enter the input parameters that the workflow requires, and click Run.

   Table 1. Configure Local Sites Workflow

   Input		Description
   Set local site properties	IP or host name of the local Platform Services Controller	IP or host name of the local vCenter Server.
   	Port of the Local site	Port of the Local site (default value is set to 443).
   	Path to Lookup Service	Path to Lookup Service.
   	Ignore certificate warnings	When you select it, the certificate is accepted silently and added to the trusted store.
   Set the connection properties	User name for the Local Site	User name for the Local Site.
   	Password for the Local Site	Password for the Local Site.