Managing virtual machines for remote recovery (DR) to Google Cloud Platform
Using the Resiliency Platform console, you can organize virtual machines into a resiliency group, apply the remote recovery for hosts service objective, and configure them for remote recovery in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
The wizard prompts for the inputs that are needed for the selected service objective and replication technology.
To manage virtual machines for remote recovery in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Prerequisites
See Prerequisites for configuring VMware virtual machines for recovery to Google Cloud Platform.
See Prerequisites for configuring Hyper-V virtual machines for recovery to Google Cloud Platform.
- Navigate
Assets (navigation pane) Resiliency Group(s) tab > Manage & Monitor Assets
You can also launch the wizard from the Unmanaged or Overview tabs.
- Select the assets:
Select the Host as Asset Type and select the other filters as needed to display a list of virtual machines.
Drag and drop virtual machines or select the asset and click Next.
- Next page displays the environment for the selected assets on Review Environment panel.
For resiliency group consisting of VMware virtual machines, ensure that each resiliency group is mapped to only one ESX cluster.
- The next page of Select Service Objective lists the service objectives that are available for the selected asset type. You can expand the service objective to view details. Select the service objective that provides disaster recovery operations
- Select the target (recovery) data center on Select Target Datacenter page.
- Review the information on the Configure Resiliency Platform Data Mover page and click Next.
- Select the Replication Gateway pairs on Select Replication Gateway pair page.
- Select the volume type.
- In the Confirm Resiliency Platform Data Mover Details panel, verify the Replication Gateway pair selection and the asset information.
- On the Customize panel perform the actions.
- On the Network Summary panel, verify the asset name, MAC address and IP address of the assets in the resiliency groups and click Next.
- Complete the network customization steps for the virtualization technology on the Customize Network panel.
- Use the Customize System Generated workflows panel to enable manual intervention at predefined points during the Migrate and Recover operations on both the data centers. This is an optional step. See About manual intervention.
- Verify the summarized information and enter a name for the resiliency group and click Submit.
When you finish the wizard steps, Resiliency Platform invokes a workflow which initializes the DR configuration. You can view the progress or ensure that this operation is successfully completed on the Activities page.