Group VMs to a single vApp replication to the Cloud Director site

When creating a replication from an on-premises site to a cloud site, you can group multiple virtual machines in a single vApp replication. For the vApp replication, set the order of boot and, optionally, set boot delays for the grouped virtual machines.

Prerequisites

• Verify that VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.3 or later is deployed in both the source on-premises site and in the destination cloud site.

• Verify you can access VMware Cloud Director Availability as a tenant or as a provider. For more information, see Accessing VMware Cloud Director Availability.

Procedure

1. For on-premises to cloud replications click Incoming Replications or Outgoing Replications, depending on the context where you are currently logged in.
2. Click New Protection or New Migration.
3. Complete the New Replication wizard.
   1. On the Source VMs page, select one or more virtual machines to replicate as a single vApp replication.
   2. Select the Group VMs to a single vApp checkbox and click Next.
      Note: Once created, the vApp replication supports the following virtual machine operations at a later state.

      • Partial failover of some of the virtual machines from the vApp replication.
      • Excluding virtual machines from the vApp replication.
      • Adding of virtual machines to the vApp replication for VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.3 and later.
   3. On the vApp Settings page, configure the following settings and click Next.
      • Enter a name for the resulting vApp replication.

        To add the selected virtual machines to any existing vApp replication for VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.3 and later, enter the name of the existing vApp replication.

      • Optionally, change the order of boot of the virtual machines in the vApp replication by dragging and dropping them.
      • Optionally, enter a start wait time for configuring the boot delay interval of the replicated virtual machines in the vApp replication.

Results

In the destination cloud site, a single vApp replication represents the grouped multiple virtual machines.