Setting up private connections for your protected sites requires selecting a CIDR block in the /26 range to use for network traffic between the site and the cloud file system.

The CIDR block you select is used for both Direct Connect and VMware Transit Connect. All snapshots replication to the cloud file system is routed through a private network in this reserved CIDR block.
Note: Do not use 172.30.0.0/26 for any private connections, as this CIDR is reserved for use by VMware Live Cyber Recovery cloud components.
The cloud file systems and orchestrator in this recovery region will be assigned IP addresses in this block. The block cannot overlap with:
  • The networks in all the protected sites that will use the private connection.
  • The networks in all the recovery SDDCs, including the management IP range.
  • The linked VPC of your AWS account attached to the recovery SDDCs.

Once set, the reserved CIDR block cannot be changed without unsetting the entire private network configuration and redeploying all Cyber Recovery connectors on the protected sites that were using this private connection.

Procedure

  1. From the left navigation, select Settings and then click Private Network Connection.
  2. In the Private network connection dialog box, click Set Up Private Connection.
  3. In the Set up private network connection dialog box, enter the reserved CIDR block from your company's private IP network scheme.
  4. Click Set Up.

What to do next

After setting up the CIDR block, you can configure this connection with VMware Transit Connect for SDDCs, which first requires creating an SDDC group. Or you can configure this private connection with AWS Direct Connect for on-premises protected sites.