Specifying the destination for VM replication

In the Choose Destination for Replication Set screen, the DS-Client that has been grouped with the source DS-Client by your service provider will be shown in the Destination DS-Client drop-down list. IP addresses of multiple DS-Clients will be available for selection in this drop-down list if multiple DS-Clients have been grouped with the source DS-Client.

NOTE: Sufficient VM Replication Capacity must be available before you can complete this step. See information on the prerequisite “Licensing”.

1. In the Destination DS-Client Info section, verify that the IP address shown beside Destination DS-Client represents the DS-Client you want to use. If necessary, select the IP address of another DS-Client in the list.

The IP address of the DS-Client that is shown will be the destination DS-Client acting for the replication target virtual machine in this VM replication set.

2. Verify that the port number displayed beside Destination Port represents the port used by the destination DS-Client.

3. In the VMware Library Version section, ensure that the selected VDDK versions for the source server and the destination server are compatible with the respective environments.

By default, the most recent VDDK version is selected. DS-Client will use the selected version of VDDK for VMware VM replication processes.

IMPORTANT: If you are replicating a virtual machine in a VMware vSphere Server 5.5 environment and the virtual machine name or path contains special characters (%, &, *, $, #, @, !, \, /, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |, ;, -), you must select VDDK 5.5 as the VMware library version.

4. In the Destination Hypervisor Info section, type the IP of the destination vCenter Server as the Hypervisor IP.

The selected virtual machine(s) will be replicated to the destination vCenter Server.

5. Type the user name and password that are needed to access the destination vCenter Server. For important recommendations, see “Credentials for the source and destination servers”.

The credentials you have entered are sent to the destination DS-Client, which then attempts to access the destination vCenter Server. On a successful login, the Destination DataCenter list is automatically populated with all the available DataCenters.

7. Select the DataCenter in which you want the replication target virtual machine to be located and click Next.