Group VMs to a single vApp replication to the Cloud Director site

When creating a replication from an on-premises site to a cloud site, you can group multiple virtual machines in a single vApp replication. For the vApp replication, set the order of boot and, optionally, set boot delays for the grouped virtual machines.
  • Verify that
    VMware Cloud Director Availability
    4.3 or later is deployed in both the source on-premises site and in the destination cloud site.
  1. For on-premises to cloud replications click
    Incoming Replications
    or
    Outgoing Replications
    , depending on the context where you are currently logged in.
  2. Click
    New Protection
    or
    New Migration
    .
  3. Complete the
    New Replication
    wizard.
    1. On the
      Source VMs
      page, select one or more virtual machines to replicate as a single vApp replication.
    2. Select the
      Group VMs to a single vApp
      checkbox and click
      Next
      .
      Once created, the vApp replication supports the following virtual machine operations at a later state.
      • Partial failover of some of the virtual machines from the vApp replication.
      • Excluding virtual machines from the vApp replication.
      • Adding of virtual machines to the vApp replication for
        VMware Cloud Director Availability
        4.3 and later.
    3. On the
      vApp Settings
      page, configure the following settings and click
      Next
      .
      • Enter a name for the resulting vApp replication.
        To add the selected virtual machines to any existing vApp replication for
        VMware Cloud Director Availability
        4.3 and later, enter the name of the existing vApp replication.
      • Optionally, change the order of boot of the virtual machines in the vApp replication by dragging and dropping them.
      • Optionally, enter a start wait time for configuring the boot delay interval of the replicated virtual machines in the vApp replication.
In the destination cloud site, a single vApp replication represents the grouped multiple virtual machines.