To configure the On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance by using the appliance management interface, you must first change the initial root user password that you set during the OVA deployment. Then you register the on-premises appliance with the vCenter Server Lookup service.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that the On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance is installed and powered on. For more information, see Deploying the On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance.
  • Verify that the cloud provider enabled the replication policy for your organization.
  • Verify that the Public Service Endpoint address from the cloud provider is obtained.

Procedure

  1. In a Web browser, go to https://On-Prem-Appliance-IP-address.
  2. Log in by using the root user password that you set during the OVA deployment.
  3. If you log in to the appliance for the first time, you must change the initial root user password.
    1. Enter the initial root user password that you set during the OVA deployment.
    2. Enter and confirm a new password.
      The password that you enter must be a secured password with a minimum of eight characters and it must consist of:
      • At least one lowercase letter.
      • At least one uppercase letter.
      • At least one number.
      • At least one special character, such as & # %.
    3. Click Apply.
      The Getting Started tab opens.
  4. Click Pair now.
    The New Cloud Pairing wizard opens.
  5. On the Site Details page, enter a name that identifies this on-premises site to the cloud provider and click Next.
    Option Description

    Site name

    		 Enter a name for the on-premises site.
    Important: This site name is used as an identifier and cannot be changed later without impacting the active replications.
    Description Optionally, enter a description for this on-premises site that identifies it to the cloud provider.
  6. On the Lookup Service page, enter the connection details for the vCenter Server Lookup service.
    Option Description
    Lookup Service Address Enter the IP address or the FQDN of the vCenter Server Lookup service and press Tab, auto-completing the address as https://Lookup-Service-IP-or-FQDN:443/lookupservice/sdk.
    Note: To use the VMware Cloud Director Availability vSphere Client Plug-In without errors, when going to the URL of the on-premises vSphere Client, use the same method - an IP address or an FQDN. Match the configuration in the Lookup Service Address text box.
    SSO Admin Username Enter the single sign-on user name for the vCenter Server Lookup service.
    Password Enter the single sign-on user password for the vCenter Server Lookup service.
    1. To establish a connection with the vCenter Server Lookup service, click Next.
    2. Verify the thumbprint and accept the SSL certificate of the vCenter Server Lookup service.
  7. On the Cloud Service Details page, pair the On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance with the cloud provider and click Next.
    Option Description
    Public Service Endpoint address

    Enter the address of the cloud site Public Service Endpoint:443 as given by the provider and press Tab, auto-completing the address as https://Public Service Endpoint-IP-or-FQDN
    Authorization type When using token authentication for VMware Cloud Director, select VCD API Token. Alternatively, when using local users in VMware Cloud Director, select VCD Local User (DEPRECIATED)
    In the Organization text box, enter the name of the organization. In the Organization Admin text box, enter the user name of a VMware Cloud Director organization administrator user. For example, enter admin1@org.
    In the VCD API Token text box, paste the token from VMware Cloud Director. Once used for pairing, the token is not stored and can be revoked at any time. For more information, see Generate an API access token for pairing from VMware Cloud Director. In the Organization Password text box, enter the password of the VMware Cloud Director organization administrator user.
    Allow access from Cloud
    Activated access from the cloud site:
    Allows privileged VMware Cloud Director users like the cloud provider and the organization administrators without authenticating to the on-premises site to perform operations from the VMware Cloud Director Availability Tenant Portal:
    • Browse and discover on-premises workloads to replicate them to the cloud site.
    • Reverse existing replications from the cloud site to the on-premises site.
    • Replicate cloud site workloads to the on-premises site.
    Deactivated cloud site access:
    • Configuring a new replication requires users to explicitly authenticate to the on-premises VMware Cloud Director Availability Tenant Portal.
    • Cannot reverse existing replications to the on-premises site.
    • Allows privileged VMware Cloud Director users to modify existing replications and perform migrate or failover.
    Allow log collection from Cloud
    • To simplify troubleshooting, activate log collection from the cloud site. This allows the cloud provider and the organization administrators without authenticating to each paired on-premises appliance to obtain its logs.
    • Leave cloud site log collection deactivated to require authenticating to the on-premises appliance management interface for downloading the on-premises appliance logs.
    If the cloud site does not use a valid CA-signed certificate, verify the thumbprint and accept the SSL certificate of the Public Service Endpoint.
  8. On the Ready To Complete page, optionally, configure the on-premises local placement, and to complete the wizard click Finish.
    • You can now configure on-premises to cloud replications and you can leave the Configure local placement now toggle deactivated.
    • To enable the cloud to on-premises replications now by configuring the local placement, activate the Configure local placement now toggle.

What to do next

If you skipped configuring local placement in the last step of the wizard, you can proceed with Configure local placement for the On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance.