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
- Log in to VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator client as an administrator.
- Navigate to Library > Workflows.
- In the Filter box, enter Configure Replication and press Enter.
- Click the workflow and click Run.
- Enter the input parameters that the workflow requires, and click Run.
Table 1. Configure Replication Workflow Inputs Input Description Source Site Site Local vCenter Server site. Source VM Source VM Virtual machine to be replicated. Target Site Site Remote vCenter Server site. Target Datastore Per disk configuration Configure the storage policy and datastore per virtual disk. The elements in the array must correspond to each other in order. For example, the first element from Disk format per disk must correspond to the first element in VM disks for replication and so on. Per disk configuration enabled VM disks for replication Array of disks to be replicated to the remote site. VM disks excluded from replication Array of disks to be excluded from the replication to the remote site. Disk format per disk Virtual disk format and provisioning type per virtual disk. The array size must be the same as the array size in VM disks for replication. Storage profile per disk Virtual machine storage policy profile per virtual disk. The array size must be the same as the array size in VM disks for replication. Target datastore per disk Remote datastore to replicate to, per virtual disk. The array size must be the same as the array size in VM disks for replication. Per disk configuration disabled Disk format Virtual disk format and provisioning type. Storage profile Virtual machine storage policy profile. Target Datastore Remote datastore to replicate to. Use Default Replication Seed 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. MPIT (If Points in time instances is 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.