Providing inputs for deploying virtual appliances through Azure Marketplace
You need to provide inputs for creating instances using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates. Some of the fields get auto populated with the default value, you can change the values if required. For rest of the parameters, you need to enter a valid value.
To create the appliance images, you need to provide inputs in following three sections:
Table: Basic settings for Azure deployment
Input field | Description |
|---|---|
Select Deployment Type | Select the appropriate deployment type from the given options. By default, all the appliances are selected which will deploy a Resiliency Manager, an IMS, a Replication Gateway, Resiliency Manager upgrade and IMS upgrade appliance. You can select other option as per the requirement. |
Password for admin user | Set the password for admin user. The admin user and password is later used for configuring the appliances. |
Confirm password | Provide same password for confirmation. |
NTP Servers | Resiliency Platform requires NTP servers for synchronizing time across all the appliances. Specify FQDN or IP addresses of one or more (space separated) NTP servers. It is recommended to use 3 or more (an odd number) NTP servers. |
Timezone | Timezone to be set for all the Resiliency Platform appliances. |
Subscription | Select the subscription of Azure account, to be used for deploying the virtual appliances. |
Resource group | Specify the name of an existing resource group or a new resource group to be created. |
Location | Select the location where you want to create the appliances. |
Table: Advanced settings for Azure deployment
Input field | Description |
|---|---|
Resiliency Manager Settings | |
Instance Name | Name of the appliance instance |
Host name | Hostname of the appliance. This is changed and allocated from DHCP details |
Instance Size | Size of the appliance instance |
Data Disk Size in GB | Additional disk of minimum 100 GB required for Resiliency Manager |
Infrastructure Management Server (IMS) Settings | |
Instance Name | Name of the appliance instance |
Host name | Hostname of the appliance. This is changed and allocated from DHCP details |
Instance Size | Size of the appliance instance |
Data Disk Size in GB | Additional disk of minimum 40 GB required for IMS |
Replication gateway Settings | |
Instance Name | Name of the appliance instance |
Host name | Hostname of the appliance. This is changed and allocated from DHCP details |
Instance Size | Size of the appliance instance |
Staging disk size in GB | Additional disk of minimum 50 GB required for Replication Gateway |
Staging disk type | Choose staging disk type for Replication Gateway. Learn more about the managed disk types. Managed disk types |
Enable Ultra disk compatibility | Choose this check box if you want to support ultra disks on your Replication Gateway instance |
Availability Zone | Specify an availability zone if the selected region for deploying the Replication Gateway has availability zones. Keep this field empty if the region does not support availability zones. The deployment can fail if an incorrect input is provided. See Using Azure ultra disks |
Table: Network settings for Azure deployment
Input field | Description |
|---|---|
Is Multi-NIC Deployment? | You can deploy Resiliency Manager, IMS, or Replication Gateway with multiple network interfaces. These interfaces can be used for different communication purpose. Select if required.. |
Are Both NICs in Same Subnet | Select if multiple interfaces are part of same subnet of a virtual network. |
Network Name | Specify the name of an existing network. |
Select Subnet | Select a subnet to be associated with the virtual appliance. |
Role of NICs' | In case of multiple interfaces, select NIC for its communication purpose. Make sure you select 'eth0' for at least one intent. If it is single NIC deployment then same NIC is used. |
Is the NIC eth0 behind NAT? | Select if NAT is used in your network setup and provide NAT IP and fully qualified NAT hostname. |
Similar input is required for configuring IMS, Replication Gateway.