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Configure protected and recovery sites

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You should create protection groups to protect a group of virtual machines on the protected site.

Configure protection groups

Before you begin

You should ensure that both the source and target sites are configured for the following:

  • Same version of VMware Live Site Recovery installed

  • Virtual machines

  • Paired protected and recovery sites

  • Source and destination datastores should be mounted on respective sites

Steps

  1. Log in to vCenter Server and then select Site Recovery > Protection Groups.

  2. In the Protection Groups pane, select New.

  3. Specify a name and description for the protection group, direction and select Next.

  4. In the Type field, select the Type field option…​ as Datastore groups (array-based replication) for NFS and VMFS datastore. The fault domain is nothing but SVMs with replication enabled. The SVMs that have only peering implemented and have no issues are displayed.

  5. In the Replication groups tab, select either the enabled array pair or the replication groups that have the virtual machine you configured, and then select Next.

    All the virtual machines on the replication group are added to the protection group.

  6. Select either the existing recovery plan or create a new plan by selecting Add to new recovery plan.

  7. In the Ready to complete tab, review the details of the protection group that you created, and then select Finish.

Pair protected and recovery sites

You should pair the protected and recovery sites created using your vSphere Client to enable Storage Replication Adapter (SRA) to discover the storage systems.

Before you begin

  • You should have VMware Live Site Recovery installed on the protected and recovery sites.

  • You should have SRA installed on the protected and recovery sites.

Steps

  1. Double-click Site Recovery on the vSphere Client home page and select Sites.

  2. Select Objects > Actions > Pair Sites.

  3. In the Pair Site Recovery Manager Servers dialog box, enter the address of the protected site's Platform Services Controller, and then select Next.

  4. In the Select vCenter Server section, do the following:

    1. Verify that the protected site's vCenter Server appears as a matching candidate to pair.

    2. Enter the SSO administrative credentials, and then select Finish.

  5. If prompted, select Yes to accept the security certificates.

Result

Both the protected and recovery sites will appear in the Objects dialog box.