Prerequisites for deploying the virtual appliances in Azure and Azure Stack
Following are the prerequisites for deploying the Resiliency Platform virtual appliances in Azure. These prerequisites are applicable to deploy virtual appliances in Azure Stack too:
Follow the documentation of Azure to create the required security groups. make sure that the security groups meet the network and port requirements mentioned in the Resiliency Platform documentation are open.
See Ports required for recovery of assets to Azure or Azure VMware Solution (AVS).
Ensure to deploy the IMS in the region to which you plan to associate the cloud data center.
Ensure that there is direct communication between the premise network and the Azure network. It is recommended to use VPN for Azure environment.
Ensure that Resiliency Manager and Infrastructure Management Server (IMS) have outgoing internet access enabled. You may choose to restrict incoming internet access on these virtual appliances.
Ensure that PowerShell is installed on the Windows system from which you plan to run the Azure deployment script.
Ensure that Azure PowerShell module is installed on the system.