Accessing the Zerto User Interface
You manage the protection and replication of virtual machines in vSphere or Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), between the protected and recovery sites, using the Zerto User Interface. On first access to the user interface, you might have to add a security certificate to set up secure communication, as described in
Adding a Security Certificate for the Zerto User Interface. Zerto also provides a set of RESTful APIs and PowerShell cmdlets to enable incorporating some of the disaster recovery functionality within scripts or programs.
You manage the protection and replication of virtual machines between the protected and recovery sites, using one of the following:
■ The Zerto Virtual Manager Web Client.
■ The vSphere Web Client.
■ The vSphere Client console.
Note: Microsoft Windows Explorer 9 is not supported and version 10 does not work well with the user interface. Zerto recommends using Chrome, Firefox, or later versions of Internet Explorer.
Note: You must exclude both the Zerto Virtual Replication folder and %ProgramData%\Zerto\Data\zvm_db.mdf from antivirus scanning. Failure to do so may lead to the Zerto Virtual Replication folder being incorrectly identified as a threat and in some circumstances corrupt the Zerto Virtual Replication folder.
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The following topics are described in this section:
Using the Zerto User Interface From a Browser
1. In a browser, enter the following URL:
https://zvm_IP:9669
where zvm_IP is the IP address of the Zerto Virtual Manager for the site you want to manage.
2. Login using the user name and password for the machine where you installed Zerto Virtual Replication.
Username: The user name for the user for the machine where the Zerto Virtual Manager is installed. If the user is part of a domain, you must also specify the domain, with the following format:
domain\username
Password: A valid password for the given user name.