VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.6

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Managing pairing with Cloud Director sites

The pairing management includes establishing and re-establishing trust with cloud sites backed by
VMware Cloud Director
. After you initiate pairing from the local site and complete the pairing from the remote site,
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 establishes a trust between the two sites. Re-establish the trust after upgrading
VMware Cloud Director Availability
, after replacing the
Cloud Service
 certificate, or after registering additional
Replicator Service
 instances.
As a
provider
 you must add each
Cloud Service
 instance or each
vCenter Replication Management Appliance
 for metering in VMware vCloud® Usage Meter before creating any replications. For information about adding the cloud sites in vCloud Usage Meter, see vCloud Usage Meter Integration.

Pairing Interoperability with Mismatching
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 Versions

You can pair sites that have different
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 major versions deployed, up to two major versions back, or
(N-2)
, where
N
 is the currently deployed version.
For example, you can pair a site where version 4.6 is running with a site where version 4.4 or later is running, but not with a site where version 4.3 or earlier is running. Mismatching site versions can occur when upgrading the sites one at a time, or when migrating workloads from earlier
vSphere
 and
VMware Cloud Director
 versions to a site with later
vSphere
 and
VMware Cloud Director
 versions.
When pairing sites with different
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 major versions, only the functionality of the earlier version is supported.
For example, only the functionality and features of
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 4.4 are supported when pairing a site where version 4.4 is running with a site where version 4.6 is running.
Before pairing
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 sites, verify the interoperability of the versions of
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 between the source site and the destination site in the following tables:
Pairing Interoperability Between the Version of
On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance
 the Version of the
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 in the Cloud Director Site
On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance
Cloud Site
3.0
Cloud Site
3.5
Cloud Site
4.0
Cloud Site 4.1
Cloud Site 4.2
Cloud Site 4.3
Cloud Site 4.4
Cloud Site 4.5
Cloud Site 4.6
3.0
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
3.5
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
4.0
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
4.1
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
4.2
Unsupported
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
Unsupported
4.3
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
4.4
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.5
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.6
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Do not pair sites with more than two major versions apart.
For example, pairing version 4.6 with version 4.4 is supported but pairing version 4.6 with version 4.3 is not supported.
Pairing Interoperability Between the Version of
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 in the Source Cloud Director Site and the Version of the
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 in the Destination Cloud Director Site
Source Cloud Site
VMware Cloud Director Availability
Destination Cloud Site
3.0
Destination Cloud Site
3.5
Destination Cloud Site
4.0
Destination Cloud Site 4.1
Destination Cloud Site 4.2
Destination Cloud Site 4.3
Destination Cloud Site 4.4
Destination Cloud Site 4.5
Destination Cloud Site 4.6
3.0
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
3.5
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
4.0
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
4.1
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
4.2
Unsupported
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
Unsupported
4.3
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Unsupported
4.4
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.5
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.6
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Unsupported
Supported
Supported
Supported
When pairing sites, ensure that the latest maintenance patch release for the
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 major version is deployed in each site.
  • Latest release:
    For each major version bellow, see the latest available release that must be deployed before pairing each site:
    • For version 3.0, the site must be running version 3.0.5 or if later is available.
    • For version 3.5, the site must be running version 3.5.2 or if later is available.
    • For version 4.0, the site must be running version 4.0.1.2 or if later is available.
    • For version 4.1, the site must be running version 4.1.1 or if later is available.
    • For version 4.2, the site must be running version 4.2.1 or if later is available.
    • For version 4.3, the site must be running version 4.3.1 or if later is available.
    • For version 4.4, the site must be running version 4.4.1 or if later is available.
    • For version 4.5, the site must be running version 4.5.0.1 or if later is available.
  • vSphere DR and migration between vCenter Server sites:
    This page is dedicated only for sites backed by
    VMware Cloud Director
    .
    Alternatively, for information about pairing vSphere DR and migration between vCenter Server sites with mismatching
    VMware Cloud Director Availability
     versions, see the section
    VMware Cloud Director Availability
     Supported Versions    .
  • Supported versions:
    For a complete list of the currently supported
    VMware Cloud Director Availability
     versions, see the below link in #GUID-F029C636-460E-4CD4-860D-F78E734629F3_SECTION_5E738F01-3764-4F93-B069-CB31C5FA6936-en.
  • Changelog across versions:
    For a list of all features across all the versions listed on this page, see
    VMware Cloud Director Availability
     Changelog    .

Migrating from Earlier
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 Versions

By pairing an earlier and later
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 versions, you can migrate workloads from source sites where the later
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 version does not support either the version of
vCenter Server
 or
VMware Cloud Director
.
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 is fully capable of migrating workloads running on earlier
vSphere
 and
VMware Cloud Director
 versions that are near or are already EOS. If there is a
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 version compatible with the
vSphere
 and the
VMware Cloud Director
 versions in the source site, you can pair it to
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 4.0 deployed in a cloud site with later
vSphere
 and
VMware Cloud Director
 versions. For example, see the following table:
Migration Interoperability with Paired Sites with Earlier
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 Versions
Migration Source Site
Early Version
Migration Destination Site
Latest Supported Version
On-premises site A, deployed version 3.5 with
vSphere
 5.5 or later.
Cloud site C,
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 4.1* with a supported
VMware Cloud Director
 version**.
Cloud site B, deployed version 3.5 with vCloud Director 9.0 or 9.1.
Cloud site Y, deployed version 3.0 with vCloud Director 8.2, 9.0 or 9.1.
Cloud site Z,
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 4.0* with a supported
VMware Cloud Director
 version**.
* Migrating from a site running earlier version requires a specific version of
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 in the destination site, that may not be the latest currently available, due to the pairing interoperability. For information about the pairing interoperability between the different
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 versions, see the tables in the top section.
  • For example, in an on-premises site with
    vSphere
     5.5, deploy an on-premises appliance version 3.5 and pair it to
    VMware Cloud Director Availability
     4.1 deployed in a cloud site with a supported
    VMware Cloud Director
     version**. You can then migrate all virtual machines to the later cloud site.
  • For example, in a cloud site with vCloud Director 9.0, deploy version 3.0 and pair it to
    VMware Cloud Director Availability
     4.0 deployed in a cloud site with a supported
    VMware Cloud Director
     version**. You can then migrate all vApps to the later
    VMware Cloud Director
     site.

Supported Versions

For the currently supported
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 versions, see the VMware Cloud Director Availability Documentation page.

VMware Cloud Director Availability
 Interoperability Matrices

** Before deploying
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 in the cloud site, verify the supported versions of
VMware Cloud Director
 and
NSX
 by following the link below.
Before deploying
On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance
, verify the supported versions of
vCenter Server
,
ESXi
, and
NSX
 by following the link below.
For information about the
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 interoperability with other VMware products, see the VMware Product Interoperability Matrix.

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