Connect to a Local vSphere Replication Server

For replications within the same vCenter Server system, you must first connect to a local vSphere Replication server. You can do this by using the Connect-VrServer cmdlet.

Prerequisites

• Verify that a vSphere Replication appliance is deployed at the local vCenter Server system.

• If the certificate of the server you want to connect to is not trusted, verify that your PowerCLI invalid server certificate action settings are configured properly. For more information, see Configuring PowerCLI Response to Untrusted Certificates.

• If you use a proxy server for the connection, verify that it is configured properly, so that the connection is kept alive long enough for tasks to finish.

  Note: If you do not want to use a proxy server for the connection, run Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -ProxyPolicy NoProxy.

Procedure

1. Run Connect-VrServer and create a variable for the connection. Use the local vSphere Replication server address with the local vCenter Server user credentials.

   $vr1 = Connect-VrServer -Server <local_vr_address_or_fqdn> -User 'MyVCUser' -Password 'MyVCPassword'

2. (Optional) Print the connection variable to see the VrServerConnection object you created.

   $vr1

   The VrServerConnection object contains the ConnectedPairings property with the pairing you created. You might need this property to extract information required by some vSphere Replication operations.