Configuring Network Settings of Replications to the Cloud

For on-premises to cloud, or cloud to cloud replications, you can set the destination network settings of a vApp or virtual machine. After a migration, failover, or a test failover, VMware Cloud Director Availability applies these network settings in the destination cloud site.

• For the cloud to cloud replications, VMware Cloud Director Availability replicates all the types of source vApp networks in the destination cloud site: isolated, bridged, also called direct, and fenced (NAT-routed) networks. VMware Cloud Director Availability replicates the source networks settings like: IP pools, NAT routes, firewall rules, and DNS settings, in the destination site.

  If replicating from NSX-V to NSX-T backed destination VDC, the following networking features cannot be replicated:

  If the NAT-routed vApp networks are attached to an organization VDC network, the NAT-routed networks are converted to bridged, also called direct networks.

  The isolated vApp networks do not support the DHCP service.

• For the on-premises to cloud replications, VMware Cloud Director Availability creates a new bridged vApp network in the destination cloud site and you can configure the vApp network settings.

  If not explicitly selected, the destination organization VDC networks are automatically resolved. The mapping is based on the default network gateways and applies on failover, on migrate, and to the test network settings.