Protect Multiple Virtual Machines Workflow

The workflow configures replication for multiple virtual machines from the local site to the remote vSphere site.

If one or all the selected virtual machines are not powered on, replication is configured but full initial synchronization is completed upon powering on the virtual machines. You can run the workflow with a replicated virtual machine included in the VM array, however the workflow does not reconfigure the replication for that virtual machine. The rest of the virtual machines included in the VM array which are not already replicated are configured for replication.

Prerequisites

• Verify that you have a configured the connection between your local site and the remote vCenter Server site. For more information, see Pair with a vCenter Server Site Workflow.
• Verify that you have registered the login credentials for the remote vCenter Server site, that you want to use. See Register vCenter Server Site Workflow.

Procedure

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

   Table 1. Protect Multiple Virtual Machines Workflow Inputs

   Input			Description
   Source Site	Site		Local vCenter Server site.
   Source VM	Source VMs		Array of virtual machines to be replicated to the remote site.
   Target Site	VC site to be used as replication target		Select an available vCenter Server site to be used as a replication target.
   Target Datastore	Disk type		Virtual disk format and provisioning type.
   	Storage profile		Virtual machine storage policy profile.
   	Target datastore		Datastore to replicate to, if the target is vCenter Server site.
   	Use replication seeds		Use the default virtual machine disk files for an initial synchronization.
   	Auto replicate new disks		Automatically include new disks in the replication.
   Details	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 the CPU use.
   	Point in time instances		Maximum supported number of snapshots per virtual machine is 24.
   	Enable encryption for VR data		Enabling vSphere Replication data encryption.
   Replication Settings (Points in time instances 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.