Using vRangers Pre-Seed option (4042409)

Use the vRanger pre-seed option to bypass sending the entire machine over a WAN link for the initial replication. There are two different ways to accomplish this as listed below.

Backup:

1. Take a vRanger backup of the VM you wish to replicate
2. Bring the savepoint to the remote location and restore the VM

**NOTE you will need to install vRanger on the remote site to accomplish the restore. Once the restore is complete you can delete this second vRanger instance.

1. On the original vRanger Create a replication job for this VM and on the “Target host selection” screen, select the remote host with the restored VM.
2. Then Press the “…” button in the top right hand corner. This will bring up a list of all VM’s on that host. Select the restored VM and press OK.
3. Configured the rest of the job.
4. Run the job. When the job runs the first time it will seem stuck at Re-hashing VM, but it is just creating files to use against the source VM to find the changes. This can take a few hours if the machine is large.

Local Replication:

Requirement: A host on the source site that will be shipped to the remote after first pass is complete.

1. Create a replication job and point it to the host that will be brought to the remote site.
2. Run the job and ship the host after job completion. Remove it from vRangers inventory if it was added separate from a vCenter.
3. After the host is brought back online at the remote site, add it back into vRanger.
4. Edit the replication job and point it to the remote host and select the “…” button at the top right of the screen. This will bring up a list of VM’s on that host. Select the VM that is related to this job.
5. Run the job.