VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.8

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Manually Customize IP Properties for an Individual Virtual Machine

You can customize IP settings manually for individual virtual machines for both the protected site and the recovery site.
  1. In the
    vSphere Client
    , click
    Site Recovery
    Open Site Recovery
    .
  2. On the
    Site Recovery
     home tab, select a site pair, and click
    View Details
    .
  3. Click the
    Recovery Plans
     tab, click a recovery plan, and click
    Virtual Machines
    .
  4. Right-click a virtual machine and click
    Configure Recovery
    .
  5. Click the
    IP Customization
     tab and select
    Manual IP customization
     from the drop-down menu.
  6. Select the NIC for which you want to modify IP Settings.
  7. Click
    Configure
     for the protected site or the recovery site, depending on which set of IP settings you want to configure.
  8. To configure IPv4 settings, click the
    IPv4
     tab.
    • Select DHCP, or for static addresses, enter an IP address, subnet information, and gateway server addresses.
    • If the virtual machine is powered on and has
      VMware Tools
       installed, you can click
      Retrieve
       to import current settings configured on the virtual machine.
  9. To configure IPv6 settings, click the
    IPv6
     tab.
    • Select DHCP, or for static addresses, enter an IP address, subnet information, and gateway server addresses.
    • If the virtual machine is powered on and has
      VMware Tools
       installed, you can click
      Retrieve
       to import current settings configured on the virtual machine.
  10. To configure DNS settings, click the
    DNS
     tab.
    • DNS Settings
      Setting
      Options
      DNS Server
      Choose how DNS servers are found:
      • Use DHCP to obtain a DNS address automatically.
      • Specify a preferred and an alternate DNS server.
      DNS Suffix
      Enter a DNS suffix and click
      Add
       or select an existing DNS suffix and click
      Remove
      ,
      Move Up
      , or
      Move Down
      .
    • If the virtual machine is powered on and has
      VMware Tools
       installed, you can click
      Retrieve
       to import current settings configured on the virtual machine.
  11. Click the
    WINS
     tab to enter primary and secondary WINS addresses.
    The WINS tab is available only when configuring DHCP or IPv4 addresses for Windows virtual machines.
  12. Repeat 7 through 10 to configure recovery site or protected site settings, if necessary.
  13. Repeat the configuration process for other NICs, as required.
Recovery site settings are applied during recovery. Protected site settings are applied during failback.
Virtual machines with manually defined IP customization are not subject to the IP Mapping Rule evaluation during recovery. Manually specified IP configuration takes precedence over IP mapping rules.

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