Connector Groups

16 January 2024

If you use one vCenter to manage multiple ESXi clusters in different geographic locations, you can group the local SaaS Connectors at each location into SaaS Connector Groups, and then associate these Connector Groups to vCenter resources in that location. SaaS Connector Groups help you ensure efficient routing of your backup and recovery data traffic through SaaS Connectors that operate in the same location as the data sources.

For example, if your vCenter manages two data centers, one in New York and another in San Francisco, the SaaS Connectors in both locations can be grouped into two separate Connector Groups. These Connector Groups can then be associated with the respective data centers in each of those regions.

You can only group SaaS Connectors in a VMware SaaS Connection.

Create Connector Groups

To create and manage Connector Groups in a SaaS Connection:

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, navigate to Settings > SaaS Connections.

  2. From the Actions menu (⋮) of a SaaS Connection, select Manage Connectors.

  3. Select Group Connectors. The Group Connectors page displays all SaaS Connectors under Ungrouped.

  4. Click New Group.

  5. In the Edit SaaS Connector Group dialog, enter a name for the new Connector Group and click Update. The new Connector Group is displayed on the Manage Connectors page.

  6. Drag a SaaS Connector from Ungrouped to the new Connector Group. You can add more SaaS Connectors until you have all of the Connectors you want in that Connector Group.

  7. Click Done to save your changes.

To create more Connector Groups, repeat steps 3 to 7.

Once you’ve created a Connector Group, you’re ready to associate the Connector Group to the data center or ESXi host of a specific geographic region. For details, see Manage Network Traffic.

Manage Connector Groups

To view the details of an existing Connector Group:

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, navigate to Settings > SaaS Connections.

  2. Click the name of a SaaS Connection you need to explore. All the Connector Groups in that SaaS Connection are displayed under Connector Details.

  3. To rename a Connector Group, click the Actions menu (⋮) and select Rename.

  4. To adjust a Connector Group’s bandwidth usage, click the Actions menu (⋮) and select Bandwidth Usage.

    Ungrouped SaaS Connectors inherit the bandwidth settings of the SaaS Connection.

  5. To remove a SaaS Connector from the Connector Group, click the Actions menu (⋮) and select Ungroup.

Edit SaaS Connectors

A SaaS Connector can belong to only one Connector Group. To move a SaaS Connector to another Connector Group:

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, navigate to Settings > SaaS Connections.

  2. From the Actions menu (⋮) of a SaaS Connection, select Manage Connectors.

  3. To move a single SaaS Connector to another Connector Group, perform one of the following:

    1. Drag the SaaS Connector to the other Connector Group.

    2. Click the Move () icon and select a Connector Group from the list.

      The SaaS Connector is moved to the selected Connector Group.

  4. To move all the SaaS Connectors from one Connector Group to another, click the Actions menu (⋮) and select a Connector Group from the list.

    The SaaS Connectors are moved to the selected Connector Group.

  5. Click Done to save your changes.

Ungroup SaaS Connectors

To remove all the SaaS Connectors from a Connector Group:

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, navigate to Settings > SaaS Connections.

  2. From the Actions menu (⋮) of a SaaS Connection, select Manage Connectors.

  3. From the Actions menu (⋮) of that Connector Group, select Ungroup.

    The removed SaaS Connectors are displayed under Ungroup.

  4. Click Done to save your changes.

Delete Connector Groups

You can only delete Connector Groups that do not have any SaaS Connectors and are not associated with a vCenter source.

To delete a Connector Group:

  1. In DataProtect as a Service, navigate to Settings > SaaS Connections.

  2. From the Actions menu (⋮) of a VMware SaaS Connector, select Manage Connectors.

  3. From the Actions menu (⋮) of the Connector Group, select Delete.

  4. Click Done to save your changes.