Configuring replication policies
The replication policies are sets of
rules controlled by the
service provider
that define and control the
replication attributes on a VMware Cloud Director
organization level.Replication Attributes Enforced by
Replication Policies
The
service provider
can assign a single replication policy to multiple
VMware Cloud Director
organizations to control
the following replication attributes.- Migration
- Whether an organization can be used as a replication destination for incoming migrations.
- Whether an organization can be used as a replication source for outgoing migrations to cloud sites.
- Whether an organization can be used as a replication source for outgoing migrations to on-premises sites.
- Protection
- Whether an organization can be used as a replication destination for incoming protections.
- Whether an organization can be used as a replication source for outgoing protections to cloud sites.
- Whether an organization can be used as a replication source for outgoing protections to on-premises sites.
- Whether to allow configuring custom SLA settings in the replications or to only use preset SLA profiles. For information about the SLA profiles, see Configuração de perfis de SLA.
- Whether for protections to allow advanced retention rules to enable retention policy configuration for the number of rotated instances and their time distance spread apart. For more information, seeAdvanced Retention Rulesin Uso de instâncias.
- The maximum number of rotated instances per protection, automatically managed and subjected to an automatic retention. For information about the instances, see Uso de instâncias.
- The maximum number of stored instances per protection, manually managed and not subjected to an automatic retention. For information about the instances, see Uso de instâncias.
- The protections Recovery Point Objective (RPO) for an organization. For information about the RPO, see Replicating workloads.
- Events and Notifications
- Activating settings changes allows tenants to manage their own event notifications. For information about the tenants events and notifications, see Events and notifications in the.Guia de Administração
- General limits
- The maximum number of incoming replications, including both replications and protections that can be created for an organization. Deselecting this limit allows unlimited number of incoming replications.
- The maximum throughput allowed per eachDispositivo de Replicação de Local para o Cloud Director. For information about the throttle, see Bandwith throttling in the.Guia de Administração
Default Policy
The default replication policy applies to all
organizations that are not associated with a custom replication policy.
By default, the Default Policy does
not allow any protections. Neither incoming nor outgoing protections are allowed,
unless you modify the Default Policy, for all organizations not assigned with a
custom policy.
To enable protections when only using the
default policy, without creating custom policies, you must modify the default policy
attributes and allow incoming and or outgoing protections.
Setting | Default Value |
|---|---|
Policy name
| Default Policy |
Incoming migrations
| Activated, by default. In both directions, the migrations are allowed, to
both cloud sites and to on-premises sites. |
Outgoing migrations to cloud
| |
Outgoing migrations to
On-Premises
| |
Incoming protections
| Deactivated, by default. In both directions, the protections are
disallowed, to both cloud sites and to on-premises sites. |
Outgoing protections to cloud
| |
Outgoing protections to
On-Premises
| |
Custom SLA settings
| Unavailable with Incoming protections deactivated,
as by default. To allow selecting and configuring custom SLA
settings, advanced retention rules, maximum number of rotated or
stored instances, or minimum allowed RPO, first activate the
Incoming protections toggle. |
Allow advanced retention
rules
| |
Max rotated instances per
protection
| |
Max stored instances per protection
| |
Minimum allowed RPO
| |
Allow organizations to modify Events and Notifications
settings
| Activated, by default. |
Limit the number of configured
replications
| Deactivated (unlimited). To activate and configure the limit for the
number of configured replications, activate the Incoming
migrations , or Incoming
protections toggles. |
Bandwidth throttling
| Deactivated (unlimited) |
New Replication Validation
When creating a protection or a migration, the
New
Replication
wizard validates the following replication attributes of
the policy that is assigned to the organization.- Whether the destination organization allows incoming migrations.
- Whether the source organization allows outgoing migrations and whether the destination is on-premises or cloud site.
- Whether the destination organization allows incoming protections.
- Whether the source organization allows outgoing protections and whether the destination is on-premises or cloud site.
- Whether the assigned replication policy to the destination organization allows setting custom SLA settings in the replication or requires using the preset SLA profiles.
- Whether the assigned replication policy to the destination organization allows advanced retention rules for protections.
- Whether the number of rotated instances per replication of the new replication complies with the policy that is assigned to the destination organization.
- Whether the number of stored instances per replication of the new replication complies with the policy that is assigned to the destination organization.
- Whether the RPO of the new replication is higher than or equal to the minimum RPO of the policy that is assigned to the destination organization.
- Whether the organizations can modify their Events and Notifications settings themselves.
- Whether the total number of allowed incoming virtual machine replications, both migrations and protections, incoming from on-premises sites and from cloud sites, does not exceed the limit that is assigned to the destination organization.
- Whether the network throughput per eachDispositivo de Replicação de Local para o Cloud Directordoes not exceed the maximum throughput of the policy that is assigned to the destination organization.
When any of these replication attributes is violated,
the new replication cannot be created.