Add an Additional Replicator Service Instance

Depending on your deployment requirements, you can add more Replicator Service instances to your disaster recovery environment.

Prerequisites

• Configure the Replicator Service, Manager Service, Cloud Service, and the Tunnel Service in your disaster recovery environment.
• Deploy a new Cloud Replicator Appliance. For more information, see Deploy VMware vCloud Availability Services Using the vSphere Client and Deploy VMware vCloud Availability Services Using the OVF Tool.
• Configure the new Cloud Replicator Appliance. For more information, see Configure vCloud Availability Replicator Appliance.
• Register the new Cloud Replicator Appliance to the local Cloud Replication Management Appliance. For more information, see Register the Replicator Service with the Manager Service in the Cloud Site.

Procedure

1. Add a Replicator Service instance.
   1. In a Web browser, go to https://Cloud-Replication-Management-Appliance-IP-Address:8441/ui/admin.
   2. Log in as root.
   3. In the left pane, click Replicator Services.
   4. In the Replicator Services administration page, click New.
      The New Local Replicator Service window shows.
   5. In the Service Endpoint address text box, enter the Cloud Replicator Appliance IP address and port 8043.
      For example, https://Cloud-Replicator-Appliance-IP-address:8043.
   6. In the Appliance Password text box, enter the appliance root password that you set during the initial Replicator Service configuration.
   7. In the SSO Admin Username text box, enter the user name of the single sign-on domain administrator user.
      For example, use [e-mail].
   8. In the SSO Password text box, enter the password of the single sign-on domain administrator user.
   9. (Optional) In the Description text box, add a description for the Replicator Service.
   10. Click Add.
   11. Verify the thumbprint and accept the Replicator Service SSL certificate.
2. To start using the new Replicator Service instance, re-pair the cloud site with all paired cloud sites.
   On-premises sites running version 3.5 or later, in up to 30 minutes detect the new Cloud Replicator Appliance instance and automatically reconfigure the VMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance to start using the new Replicator Service instance. Alternatively, for the on-premises sites to start immediately using the new Replicator Service instance, re-pair these on-premises sites for the VMware Cloud Director Availability On-Premises Appliance instances to learn about the new Cloud Replicator Appliance instance.

   Note: On-premises sites running version 3.0, cannot automatically re-pair and the re-pair with the new Replicator Service instance must be performed manually.

Results

A new Replicator Service instance is added to the VMware Cloud Director Availability environment.

What to do next

• To use the new Replicator Service instance, re-pair all sites.
• To add another Replicator Service instance, repeat this procedure.