Complete the steps in this procedure to set up continual export to an ESXi virtual machine (VM) using Rapid Recovery. This process is also known as setting up virtual standby.
- In the Rapid Recovery Core Console, do one of the following:
- From the Core Console, in the button bar, click the
Restore drop-down menu, and then select
VM Export.
- In the Virtual Machine Export Wizard, select Continual export (virtual standby).
- Click Next.
- From the Core Console, in the icon bar, click
(Virtual Standby).
- On the Virtual Standby page, click Add to launch the Virtual Machine Export Wizard.
- From the Core Console, in the button bar, click the
- On the Machines page of the Virtual Machine Export Wizard, select the protected machine that you want to export, and then click Next.
- On the Destination page of the Export Wizard, in the Export a machine to drop-down menu, select vCenter/ESXi.
- Enter the information for accessing the virtual machine as described in the following table, and then click Next.
Table 115: ESXi credentials Option Description Host name
Enter a name for the host machine.
Port
Enter the port for the host machine. The default is 443.
User name
Enter the credentials for the host machine.
NOTE: Optionally, you can select credentials for a user in the Credentials Vault, or you can save credentials you add here to the vault. For more information, see Credentials Vault.
Password Enter the credentials for the host machine. - On the Virtual Machine Options page, enter the information described in the following table.
Table 116: Virtual machine options Option Description Resource pool
Select a resource pool from the drop-down list.
VM configuration location
Select a data store from the drop-down list. Each selected data store displays the free space available in it.
VM name
Enter a name for the virtual machine you want to export.
The VM name that automatically appears by default is the name of the machine from which the recovery point originated.
Amount of RAM
Specify the memory usage for the virtual machine by clicking one of the following:
- Use the same amount of RAM as source machine
- Use a specific amount of RAM, and then specify the amount in MB
The minimum amount is 1024 MB and the maximum allowed by the application is 1,035,264MB. The maximum amount of memory usage is limited by the amount of RAM available to the host machine.
Number of processors
Enter the number of virtual CPUs you want for the exported virtual machine. The minimum is 1.
Cores per processor
Enter the number of cores to use for each processor. The minimum is 1.
Disk provisioning
Select the type of disk provisioning from the following options:
- Thin. Thin provisioning creates a virtual disk the size of the used space on the original volumes, rather than the entire volume size. For example, if the original volume is 1 TB, but contains only 2 GB of used space, Rapid Recovery creates a virtual disk of 2 GB.
- Thick. Thick provisioning creates a new disk or volume that is the same size as the original volume from the protected server, even if only a portion of the original volume is being used. For example, if the volume is 1 TB large but contains 2 GB of used space, Rapid Recovery creates a virtual disk of 1 TB.
Disk mapping
Specify the type of disk mapping as appropriate. You can choose from:
- Automatic. Using this option, the VM is exported to any available datastore with sufficient space.
- Manual. Select this option to manually specify the datastore onto which to export the VM.
- With VM. Select this option to export all virtual disks to the same datastore as the VM configuration.
Version Select the version of the virtual machine. Network adapters
Optionally, specify network adapter options for the VM to be exported.
NOTE: This option appears when exporting to a hypervisor of the same type (in this case, when exporting to ESXi).
You can choose from:
- Same as source machine. If you select this option, the VM include the same amount of network adapters as on the source, and they are assigned to the default network on the host.
- Specific. Select this option to see the Network Adapters page of the Virtual Machine Export wizard. Here you can add one or more network adapters to the VM and assign a specific network to each adapter.
Secure boot
Optionally, choose the secure boot option for the exported VM.
NOTE: This option appears only when secure boot is configured for the source protected machine.
Restore all configuration data
If you want to recover all VM configurations for volumes being recovered, select this option. If you want to restore data only and not the VM configurations, clear this option.
This option appears only when performing virtual export of an agentless VM and after a resource pool is selected.
For more information on the VM configuration backup and restore feature of Rapid Recovery, see VMware VM configuration backup and restore.
Perform initial one-time export
Select this option to queue the export job immediately. Clear this option if you want the Core to wait until the next forced or scheduled backup snapshot.
- Click Next.
- Optionally, on the Network Adapters page of the wizard, if you want to add a virtual network adapter to the VM to be exported, click + Add, and then from the Available Networks drop-down menu, select the name of a network available on the hypervisor host.
- Optionally, to add additional network adapters, click + Add, and then from the Available Networks drop-down menu, select the name of another network available on the hypervisor host.
- Click Next.
- On the Volumes page, select the volumes to export (for example, C:\ and D:\), and then click Finish to close the wizard and start the export.
NOTE: You can monitor the status and progress of the export by viewing the Virtual Standby or Events pages.
Restore drop-down menu, and then click