To ensure a proper network communication between your on-premises SDDC and the VMware Cloud on AWS US GovCloud SDDC, you must add DNS entries to your local DNS server.

If you have an existing on-premises SDDC and you want to use VMware Cloud on AWS US GovCloud SDDC as a recovery site, you must establish a private, secure connection between the two sites. You can secure the connection by using a VPN. To ensure that there is a network communication between the on-premises components and the VMware Site Recovery components on the VMware Cloud on AWS US GovCloud SDDC, you must configure your DNS servers with FQDNs and the IP addresses of the components running on the VMware Cloud on AWS US GovCloud SDDC. This topic provides information on how to capture the required information in a VMware Cloud on AWS US GovCloud SDDC.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have activated VMware Site Recovery on your VMware Cloud on AWS US GovCloud SDDC.

Procedure

  1. Log in to https://www.vmc-us-gov.vmware.com/.
  2. Click your SDDC and the click Settings.
  3. Click Open vCenter, enter your credentials, and click Site Recovery.
  4. Record the FQDN of the Site Recovery Manager appliance and the vSphere Replication appliance.
  5. Click VMs and Templates and expand Management VMs.
  6. Locate the Site Recovery Manager virtual machine and the vSphere Replication virtual machine.
    1. Click the Site Recovery Manager virtual machine and record the private IP address.
    2. Click the vSphere Replication virtual machine and record the private IP address.
  7. Create DNS entries for these components on your local DNS server.