Creating network pairs between source and target data centers
The create network pair operation eliminates the need to manually connect each virtual machine to a network at the target data center. After you have paired the networks successfully, the target networks and the IP addresses are computed programmatically, and applied to the virtual machines.
Adding subnets using IPv6 address and pairing them across data centers is supported. You can pair subnets of same networks, that means pairing of subnets can be done for:
IPv4 subnet to IPv4 subnet mapping
IPv6 subnet to IPv6 subnet mapping
IPv6 network support is not applicable for cloud environments.
This step is a prerequisite for cloud recovery data center, if you want to override the default IP settings and customize the IP addresses when the virtual machines starts.
The mapping requirement depends on the target data center and is required to be done before you perform any disaster recovery operation. Before you create and map the network objects, ensure that all the assets are configured in the source as well as in target data center.
To create network pairs between production and recovery data centers
- Navigate
Infrastructure Pairing (navigation pane)
- Do one of the following:
On Overview tab, click + New Network Pair.
On Network tab, click + Create Pair.
- In the Network Mapping page, select the data centers from source and the target data centers drop down to view the networks which are configured according to the vCenter or Hypervisor added .
Note that: Once you have configured hypervisor or cloud configuration then you will see the networks will be seen if they are discovered.
Networks Types options from the drop down will be displayed based on the virtualization technology or the cloud data centers configured.
- If you want to view all the network objects, select the checkbox of Show All Networks. If you want to view only the network objects with purpose as Production , uncheck the checkbox.
- Select the network objects from the lists and click Move selected.
- Click Next to submit your selections.
See Mapping network objects (Production and Rehearsal mapping).
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