In the previous blog post we configured our on-premises Process Server and the communication between vCenter and the Configuration Server via the Process Server. In this blog post we are going to protect some virtual machines.
Start by logging into the Azure Portal selecting Recovery Services > VMFocusVault > Protected Items > Protection Groups > Create New Protection Group
Specify a Protection Group name, as I’m original I’m going with VMF-PG01
Next we need to select the Replication Settings for the Protection Group, choices are:
- Multi VM Consistency – Each VM within the Protection Group will be consistent with each over
- RPO Threshold – How much data can we afford to loose, bandwidth needs to be able to cope with this setting
- Recovery Point Retention – How many recovery points do we want to have available?
- Application Consistent Snapshot Frequency – Calls VSS to quiescence memory
Select your chosen settings and Click the Tick
Once the Protection Group has finished being created. Click on the Protection Group and select ‘Add Virtual Machines’
Select the virtual machines you want to protect (in my case VMF-AZ01) and Click the Tick
Next select your Process Server, Master Target Server and Storage Account and Click the Tick
Finally specify the credentials for the Mobility Service to use to perform installation. Then Click the Tick
Naturally, it will take sometime for the initial replication to complete. However this can be monitored by selecting the Protection Group.
Quite a few cups of tea later and my on-premises vSphere virtual machines are now protected within Azure Site Recovery. Now I want to configure the virtual machines so that they use the correct virtual networks within Azure.
Select your Protection Group then click on your VM
Select Configure from the top bar
This is the heart of the configuration of where our protected on-premises VM will sit in Azure. The items we can configure are:
- Name – These can be altered on-premises to Azure. Not entirely sure of the use case for this, but it’s an option
- Properties – The target VM in Azure when it is hydrated. Note that you cannot change between VM’s between series once failed over to Azure so make sure you choose the right one.
- Network – The target Azure Network and IP address for virtual machine
Now we have configured the protection for our virtual machines, in the next post we are going to failover to Azure.
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