Configure Replication Workflow

The workflow configures replication for a virtual machine from the local site to another vCenter Server site.

Prerequisites

• Verify that the vSphere Replication appliance is deployed at the source and the target sites.
• To enable the quiescing of virtual machines that run Linux guest OS, install the latest version of VMware Tools on each Linux machine that you plan to replicate.

Procedure

1. Log in to vRealize Orchestrator client as an administrator.
2. Navigate to Workflows > Library.
3. In the search box, enter Configure Replication and press Enter.
4. Click the workflow and click Run.
5. Enter the input parameters that the workflow requires, and click Run.

   Table 1. Configure Replication Workflow Inputs

   Input			Description
   Source	Site		Local vCenter Server site.
   	Source VM		Virtual machine to be replicated.
   Target	Site		Remote vCenter Server site.
   	Target Datastore		Remote datastore to replicate to.
   Replication Settings	RPO in minutes		Recovery point objective in minutes (default value is 240).
   	Guest OS quiescing		Enabling OS quiescing improves data consistency, but limits RPO time.
   	Network compression		Enabling replication data compression reduces the network bandwidth, but increases CPU utilization.
   	Point in time instances		Maximum supported number of snapshots per virtual machine is 24.
   	Points in time enabled	Instances per day (multiplied by number of days should not exceed 24)	Number of snapshots taken per day.
   		Number of days	Number of days for which snapshots are kept.