Configuring Replication Jobs

This article covers the process of creating replication jobs to the Service Provider target

Step 1. Launch New Replication Job wizard

To launch the New Replication Job wizard, open the Veeam Backup and Replication Console and do one of the following:

Open the Home view, click Replication Job from the ribbon, select VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V depending on your virtual infrastructure
Open the Home view, right-click the Jobs node in the navigation tree and click Replication, select VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V depending on your virtual infrastructure
Open the Home view, select the Jobs node in the navigation pane, right click in the working area and click Replication, select VMware vSphere or Microsoft Hyper-V depending on your virtual infrastructure

Step 2. Specify job settings

At the Name step of the wizard, specify the basic details of the job.

Give the replication job a meaningful name and description
Tick "Network remapping"
Click Next

If your VMs are too large to perform initial replication over the internet, they can be seeded manually via USB drive.

Please reach out to us if this is a requirement as additional costs will be incurred.

Step 3. Select Virtual Machines

At the Virtual Machines step of the wizard, specify the VMs to be replicated

Click Add
Locate the VMs you wish to replicate and click Add (VMs can also be added in bulk at the host or cluster level or multi-selected)
Click Next

Step 4. Select Destination

At the Destination step of the wizard, select the destination for the replicas.

Click Choose > Cloud Host and select your Service Provider from the list
Confirm the details on the summary page (generally there will only be 1 option for vApp and Storage policy
Click Next

Step 5. Network Mapping

At the Network step of the wizard, map your production VM network to the Cloud VM network. This will ensure the replica VMs get attached to the correct virtual network.

Click Add
Click Browse on Source network and select your production VM network
Click Browse on Target network and select the "DR LAN" network
Click Next

Step 6. Job Settings

At the Job Settings step, specify further job settings

Select a repository for job metadata
Choose a suffix to be appended to the name of the replica machines if desired
Specify retention period for replica images

Step 7. Data Transfer and Guest Processing

At the Data Transfer step, specify source proxy if required, or leave on Automatic
If you have applications that require Guest Processing (eg SQL) enable it at the Guest Processing step and supply appropriate Guest OS credentials