Introduction
This guide is for performing a Cloudist VDC virtual machine protection to another Cloudist VDC site.
Prerequisites
You must be onboarded in the Cloudist Portal and have:
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To create a specific account to use for DR purposes: |
Log in to https://portal.cloudist.solutionsse
Select Virtual Data Center service
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Select the Region you would like to create the account in (it is recommended to create one in the source and destination regions for Cloud to Cloud protection)
Click Log in to VDC
Once the Cloud Director UI launches, go to Administration
Select Go to Administration, Access Control, Users and click New
Enter a username, password and ensure the User has the Organization Administrator role
Click Save
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The username in this example when using DRaaS would be drservice@12345-5678 (your org number)
Preparing destination networking
Protecting a workload from one site to another ensures that the virtual machine is replicated as per the chosen SLA profile in the guide below.
However, DRaaS does not provide fail over/DR services for your networking solution, be that an Edge Gateway or something physical/third party virtual firewall.
You must therefore you may want to consider:
What your networking solution should be at the destination site
Routinely testing this solution so that it operates as expected before disaster
Documenting your DR plan. What needs to change from a networking perspective once workloads are failed over?
Protecting a virtual machine Cloud to Cloud
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Log in to https://portal.cloudist.solutionsse
Select Virtual Data Center service
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Select the Region Virtual Datacenter you want to protect to or from (this can be managed from both source and destination) and click on Log in to VDC
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name of Virtual Datacenter
Once logged into your VDC, click More, then Availability
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