In last post of this series we deployed VRMS appliance. In this post we will deploy the vSphere Replication Cloud Service and the vSphere Replication Server appliance.
If you are not following along this series, then I recommend reading earlier posts of this series from below links:
1: vCloud Availability Introduction
2: vCloud Availability Architecture & Components
4: Install Cloud Proxy for vCD
6: RabbitMQ Cluster Deployment and vCD Integration
Before we kick the deployment, lets recap about what is the role of both appliances in VCAV stack.
What is vSphere Replication Cloud Service (VRCS) ?
The vSphere Replication Cloud Service is a tenant-aware replication manager that provides the required API for managing the service and all the components. vSphere Replication Cloud Service registers as a vCloud Director extension and is accessible through the vCloud Director interface.
What is vSphere Replication Server ?
vSphere Replication Server handles the replication process for each protected virtual machine. vSphere Replication uses the host based replication (HBR) mechanism for protection and replication of vm’s
First we have to define following variables:
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root@mgmt-vcav [ ~ ]# export MGMT_VSPHERE_ADDRESS=mgmt-vc01.alex.local root@mgmt-vcav [ ~ ]# export MGMT_VSPHERE_USER=administrator@lab.local root@mgmt-vcav [ ~ ]# export MGMT_VSPHERE_NETWORK=Mgmt-PG root@mgmt-vcav [ ~ ]# export MGMT_VSPHERE_DATASTORE=iSCSI-2 root@mgmt-vcav [ ~ ]# export MGMT_VSPHERE_LOCATOR=BLR-DC1/host/Mgmt-Cluster |
Deploy VRCS Appliance
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# vcav hcs create --vsphere-address=$MGMT_VSPHERE_ADDRESS --vsphere-user=$MGMT_VSPHERE_USER --vsphere-password-file=~/.ssh/.vsphere.mgmt "--network=$MGMT_VSPHERE_NETWORK" "--vsphere-locator=$MGMT_VSPHERE_LOCATOR" --datastore=$MGMT_VSPHERE_DATASTORE --ntp=192.168.109.4 --root-password-file=~/.ssh/.root --vm-name=mgmt-vrcs01 --vm-address=192.168.109.41 |
Run the following command to trust the certificate for the vSphere Replication Cloud Service
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# vcav vsphere trust-ssh --vsphere-address=$MGMT_VSPHERE_ADDRESS --vsphere-user=$MGMT_VSPHERE_USER --vsphere-password-file=~/.ssh/.vsphere.mgmt --root-password-file=~/.ssh/.root --vm-name=mgmt-vrcs01 --vm-address=192.168.109.41 |
Deploy vSphere Replication Appliance
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# vcav hbr create --vsphere-address=$VSPHERE01_ADDRESS --vsphere-user=$SSO_USER --vsphere-password-file=~/.ssh/.sso "--network=$VSPHERE01_PLACEMENT_NETWORK" "--vsphere-locator=$VSPHERE01_PLACEMENT_LOCATOR" --datastore=$VSPHERE01_PLACEMENT_DATASTORE --ntp=192.168.109.4 --root-password-file=~/.ssh/.root --vm-name=mgmt-vrs01 --vm-address=192.168.109.42 |
Trust the vSphere replication certificate by vSphere using below command
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# vcav vsphere trust-ssh --vsphere-address=$VSPHERE01_ADDRESS --vsphere-user=$SSO_USER --vsphere-password-file=~/.ssh/.sso --root-password-file=~/.ssh/.root --vm-name=mgmt-vrs01 --vm-address=192.168.109.42 |
An OK message will be returned for successful trust b/w the appliances.
And that’s it for this post.
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