You can set up a protected SDDC to use a different AWS region for recovery than the region where you replicate snapshots to a cloud file system and perform recovery operations.

Prerequisites

You can set up a protected SDDC in one AWS region, and perform backup and recovery operations in a different AWS region.

If you plan to use a private connection for this SDDC using VMware Transit Connect, see Setting Up Private Connections before you perform this task.

Procedure

  1. From the left navigation, select Protected sites.
  2. Click the Set up protected site button.
  3. In the Setup protected site dialog box, under Site types select VMware Cloud on AWS.
  4. Under Cloud backup, select a cloud file system to use for replicating snapshots from the protected SDDC. If there is already one cloud file system deployed, then it is selected. Click Next.
  5. On the next page under Protected SDDC, select an existing SDDC to protect.
    The UI indicates the AWS region and availability zone for each SDDC. To perform replication and recovery operations across regions, select an SDDC that is in a different region than the recovery SDDC.
  6. On the next page, under Network connection, select either User public internet or Use private network connection.
    If you want to select Use private connection, you must have already set up a private connection for VMware Transit Connect.
  7. Under Initial firewall configuration, select one of the options to automatically allow the system to create firewall rules for the Cyber Recovery connector (recommended), or you can manually create those firewall rules from the VMware Live Cyber Recovery UI. Select one of the options.
    If you are not sure which to select, see Network Considerations for a Protected SDDC for more information.
  8. Click Setup. When the site is created, it displays under Sites as a protected site.

What to do next

Now that you have set up the protected site for your SDDC, you need to deploy the DRaaS Connector on the SDDC.