VMware Cloud Director Availability 4.6

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Configure and Pair the
On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance

In the tenants data centers, by using the management interface of the
On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance
, you must first change the initial
root
 user password that you set during the OVA deployment. Then you register the appliance with the local
vCenter Server Lookup service
 and with
VMware Cloud Director Availability
 in
VMware Cloud on AWS
.
  • Verify that before pairing the
    tenant-public-IP-address
     of the tenant data center where the
    On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance
     is deployed is added as a trusted IP address. As a service provider, for information about adding the tenants IP addresses, see step 8 in Prepare the SDDC in VMware Cloud on AWS for deployment.
  1. Log in to the management interface of the
    On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance
    .
    1. In a Web browser, go to
      https://
      On-Prem-Appliance-IP-Address
      /ui/admin
      .
    2. Select
      Appliance login
       and enter the
      root
       user password, set during the initial OVA deployment.
    3. Click
      Login
      .
    As the appliance is not yet configured, it redirects you to the
    https://
    On-Prem-Appliance-IP-Address
    /ui/portal/initial-config
     page.
  2. In the
    VCDA Appliance Password
     window, change the initial
    root
     user password set during the OVA deployment.
    1. Enter the initial
      root
       user password as configured during the OVA deployment.
    2. Enter and confirm a new password.
      The password that you enter must be a secured password with a minimum of eight characters and it must consist of:
      • At least one lowercase letter.
      • At least one uppercase letter.
      • At least one number.
      • At least one special character, such as: & # % .
    3. After entering and confirming the new password, click
      Apply
      .
      The
      Getting Started
       page opens.
  3. Click the
    Run the initial setup wizard
     link.
  4. To pair the
    On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance
     with
    VMware Cloud Director Availability
     in
    VMware Cloud on AWS
    , complete the
    Initial Setup
     wizard.
    1. On the
      Lookup Service Details
       page, enter the local
      vCenter Server Lookup service
       and its user credentials, and click
      Next
      .
      Lookup Service Address
      Enter the IP address of the local
      vCenter Server Lookup service
       in the on-premises data center and to autocomplete the address as
      https://
      Lookup-Service-IP-Address
      :443/lookupservice/sdk
      , press Tab.
      SSO Admin Username
      Enter a local user with administrative privileges in the on-premises single sign-on domain, for example
      Administrator@VSPHERE.LOCAL
      .
      Password
      Enter the password for the administrative user.
      Verify the thumbprints and accept the SSL certificates of the on-premises
      vCenter Server Lookup service
      .
    2. On the
      Site Details
       page, enter a name for this on-premises site and click
      Next
      .
      Site Name
      Enter a site name for this
      On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance
      .
      The site name is used as an identifier of this on-premises appliance instance and cannot be changed later.
      Description
      Optionally, enter a description for this site.
    3. On the
      Cloud Details
       page, pair the on-premises
      VMware Cloud Director Availability
       appliance and the
      VMware Cloud Director Availability
       in
      VMware Cloud on AWS
      .
      Service Endpoint address
      Enter the public IP address of the
      Public Service Endpoint
       of the
      VMware Cloud Director Availability
       in
      VMware Cloud on AWS
       as supplied by the service provider.
      Organization Admin
      Enter the
      organization administrator
       user of the
      Cloud Director instance
      , for example
      admin@org
      .
      Organization Password
      Enter the password for the
      organization administrator
       user.
      Allow Access from Cloud
      Select
      Allow Access from Cloud
      . By selecting this option, you allow the cloud provider and the organization administrators without authenticating to the on-premises site to discover on-premises workloads and replicate them to the cloud.
      If the
      VMware Cloud Director Availability
       cloud site in
      VMware Cloud on AWS
       does not use a valid CA-signed certificate, verify the thumbprint and accept the SSL certificate of the
      Tunnel Service
      Public Service Endpoint
       at the
      VMware Cloud Director Availability
       in
      VMware Cloud on AWS
      .
    4. On the
      Ready to complete
       page, select
      Configure local placement now
       and click
      Finish
      .
      The
      On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance
       is paired with
      VMware Cloud Director Availability
       in
      VMware Cloud on AWS
      .
  5. To configure the
    On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance
     placement of virtual machines, complete the
    Configure Placement
     wizard.
    1. On the
      VM Folder
       page, browse the location for the recovered virtual machines and click
      Next
      .
    2. On the
      Compute Resource
       page, browse the destination compute resource for the recovered virtual machines and click
      Next
      .
    3. On the
      Default Network
       page, browse the network to connect the network interfaces of the virtual machines to after failover and click
      Next
      .
    4. On the
      Datastore
       page, browse where to store the replicated virtual machines and disk files and click
      Next
      .
    5. On the
      Ready To Complete
       page, verify the selected configuration and click
      Finish
      .
The
On-Premises to Cloud Director Replication Appliance
 is configured and paired with
VMware Cloud on AWS
.
You can now create migrations and migrate workloads from this paired on-premises site to
VMware Cloud on AWS
. These migrations to
VMware Cloud Director service
 follow the same configuration as the migrations to
VMware Cloud Director
. For information about creating a migration and migrating the workload, see Create a Migration and Perform a Migrate Task in the
User Guide
.

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