You isolate the network traffic to the vSphere Replication server by creating a dedicated port group for vSphere Replication traffic.

For the protected VMware Cloud Foundation instance procedure, use the VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook.

UI Procedure

  1. Log in to the management domain vCenter Server at https://<vcenter_server_fqdn>/ui​​ in the protected VMware Cloud Foundation instance as administrator@vsphere.local​​.
  2. Create a port group in the distributed switch for the vSphere Replication traffic.
    1. In the Networking inventory, navigate to the management virtual distributed switch.
    2. Right-click the management virtual distributed switch and select Distributed port group > New distributed port group.
    3. On the Name and location page, enter a name and click Next.
    4. On the Configure settings page, configure the following settings, configure the remaining settings according to your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook, and click Next.
      Setting Value
      Port binding Static
      Port allocation Elastic
      Number of ports 8
      VLAN type VLAN
      Customize default policies configuration Selected
    5. On the Security page, click Next.
    6. On the Traffic shaping page, click Next.
    7. On the Teaming and failover page, from the Load balancing drop-down menu, select Route based on physical NIC load, and click Next.
    8. On the Monitoring page, click Next.
    9. On the Miscellaneous page, click Next.
    10. On the Ready to complete page, click Finish.
  3. Repeat the procedure to create the dedicated replication traffic port group on the distributed switch in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance by using the corresponding values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook for the Recovery Instance.

PowerShell Procedure

  1. Start Windows PowerShell.

  2. Replace the values in the sample code with values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook and run the commands in the PowerShell console.

    $sddcManagerFqdn = "sfo-vcf01.sfo.rainpole.io"
$sddcManagerUser = "administrator@vsphere.local"
$sddcManagerPass = "VMw@re1!"

$sddcDomain = "sfo-m01"

$replicationPortgroup = "sfo-m01-cl01-vds01-pg-vrms"
$replicationVlan = 2715

  3. Perform the configuration by running the command in the PowerShell console.

    Add-VdsPortGroup -server $sddcManagerFqdn -user $sddcManagerUser -pass $sddcManagerPass -domain $sddcDomain -portgroup $replicationPortgroup -vlan $replicationVlan
  4. Repeat the procedure to create the dedicated replication traffic port group on the distributed switch in the recovery VMware Cloud Foundation instance by using the corresponding values from your VMware Cloud Foundation Planning and Preparation Workbook for the Recovery Instance.