Before you start setting up VMware Site Recovery, you must prepare your environment and sign up for cloud services. Use this checklist to help you begin setting up the service.
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Read Preparing for VMware Cloud on AWS. |
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Visit https://cloud.vmware.com/vmc-aws to get started. |
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Check the compatibility between vCenter Server and Site Recovery Manager versions in the Compatibility Matrices for Site Recovery Manager |
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The Platform Services Controller instances must be running and accessible during Site Recovery Manager installation |
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Obtain the vCenter Single Sign-On administrator user name and password for both of the local and remote sites |
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Use a persistent synchronization agent such as network time protocol daemon (NTPD), W32Time, or VMware Tools time synchronization. If you run Platform Services Controller, vCenter Server, and Site Recovery Manager Server on virtual machines, set up NTP time synchronization on the ESXi host on which the virtual machines run. |
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See the vSphere Replication System Requirements for your vSphere Replication version in the VMware vSphere Replication documentation. See the Site Recovery Manager System Requirements for your Site Recovery Manager version in the VMware Site Recovery Manager documentation. The VMware Site Recovery license key is part of the subscription to the service. When you pair the Site Recovery Manager on-premises instance with the Site Recovery Manager instance on VMware Cloud on AWS, VMware Site Recovery uses the cloud license. |
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Read Network Ports for VMware Site Recovery. |
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Read Preparing for VMware Cloud on AWS. |
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Visit https://cloud.vmware.com/vmc-aws to get started. |
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Read Activate VMware Site Recovery. |
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Read Network Ports for VMware Site Recovery. |