VMware Live Site Recovery uses network ports, which you can configure, to communicate with clients and other servers. You must ensure that firewalls do not block the ports that VMware Live Site Recovery uses.
All VMware Live Site Recovery Virtual Appliance services run behind a reverse HTTP proxy on port 443. The VMware Live Site Recovery Appliance Management Interface requires port 5480.
VMware Live Site Recovery Server communicates with vCenter Server, ESXi hosts, and Arrays at the local site. You must verify that the network firewall policies enable the traffic to network ports of all components at the local site. For the list of the default ports that all VMware products use, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012382.
The connection between the local and the remote site of a VMware Live Site Recovery pair must be private such as VPN. The local VMware Live Site Recovery Server communicates with VMware Live Site Recovery Server and vCenter Server on the remote site, and your network provider must ensure the appropriate network policies to enable the traffic.
For a list of all the ports that must be open for VMware Live Site Recovery, see the Network Ports for Site Recovery Manager topic in the VMware Live Site Recovery Installation and Configuration documentation.
