Configuring a Zerto Cloud Manager

The Zerto Cloud Manager is used by Cloud Service Providers and large enterprises to manage multiple Zerto sites from a single management tool.

You set up the Zerto Virtual Manager and VRAs via the Zerto Cloud Manager, via the following steps:

1. Log on to Zerto Cloud Manager and define the VMware cloud sites providing disaster recovery capabilities.
2. For each Zerto installation defined as a cloud site, register the use of Zerto.
3. Install Zerto Virtual Replication Appliances.
4. Set up vCloud Director, if it is being used and was not set up during the Zerto installation and also configure Provider vDC settings.
5. Set up customers as ZORGs, Zerto organizations, including what each ZORG has permission to do. The cloud service provider can restrict the operations available to the organization, such as whether the organization can test the recovery of protected virtual machines.
6. When the cloud service provider offers DRaaS, it also installs a Zerto Cloud Connector (ZCC) per customer to route traffic between the customer organization network and the cloud replication vCenter Server network, in a secure manner without requiring the cloud service provider to go through complex network and routing setups, ensuring complete separation between the organization networks and the cloud service provider network.
7. Set up service profiles, which are templates for protection.
8. When the cloud service provider offers DRaaS, it instructs DRaaS customer organizations to set up their sites. The customer set-up involves installing Zerto, Virtual Replication Appliances, and pairing to the cloud service provider.
9. Provide a Self-service Portal for customers to manage their disaster recovery.
10. Manage roles and permissions for Zerto users.

These steps are described in this section in the following topics:

Logging On to Zerto Cloud Manager
Defining and Configuring the Zerto Cloud Sites
Setting Up Zerto Organizations, ZORGs
Defining DRaaS Components
Creating Service Profiles
Defining Role-based Access Control

Setting up the Zerto Self-service Portal as a standalone portal is described in Configuring a Zerto Cloud Manager. The Zerto Self-service Portal can also be incorporated by the CSP IT into an existing portal and this is also described in Configuring a Zerto Cloud Manager.