Table of all protection plan execution parameters:

Category

Parameter

Value

Comment

Mandatory

vCenter Host

Hostname

FQDN, 
IP Address

Fully qualified domain name or IP address to access protected site vCenter Server.



Username


Username to access vCenter Server host.

X


Password


Password to access vCenter Server host.

X

Management Server

Hostname

FQDN, 
IP Address

Fully qualified domain name or IP address to access the Management Server (MSA).


DRVA

Name


Name of DRVA to be used to execute the protection plan.

  • An existing DRVA can be used by specifying its name.
  • Otherwise, a new DRVA will be created using the name entered.



Number of CPU cores


Number of cores for DRVA.

X


Memory in GB

GB

DRVA memory size.

X


Datastore


Datastore used by DRVA.

X


Internal Network Name


Name of internal network used to connect the Host (IOFilter) to the DRVA Data Network.

  • Enabling static IP will allow additional static IP details to be configured.

X


Replication Network Name


Name of network used to connect DRVAs to the object store.

  • Enabling static IP will allow additional static IP details to be configured.

X


Management Network Name


Name of network used by MSA to access DRVAs.

  • Enabling static IP will allow additional static IP details to be configured.

X


Replication Log Network Name


Name of network used to connect DRVAs to an iSCSI-based replication log.

  • Enabling static IP will allow additional static IP details to be configured.

X


Default Gateway Network


Name of network used to connect gateway.



Configure Static IP Address


Configure static IP details for above networks.



IP Address


  • Required if static IP is used.

X


Subnet Mask


  • Required if static IP is used.

X


DNS


  • Required if static IP is used.

X


Replication Log Type

VMDK, iSCSI

Replication log volume type.



iSCSI Network Target Host 1 (default)


iSCSI host name when WB cache mode is iSCSI.

  • This option and related parameters do not appear if iSCSI is not used.



Port


iSCSI port number.



IQN


iSCSI Qualified Name of the LUN.



Force Format LUN


Force the LUN to be fully formatted then add it as a replication log volume.

  • This option is necessary if the LUN is already attached to another DRVA/host and cannot otherwise be added as a replication log.



+ (Add target host)


Create additional iSCSI Network Target Host.



x (Remove target host)


Remove iSCSI Network Target Host.

  • Target Host 1 (default) cannot be removed.


Storage Site:
Azure Blob

Storage Site Type

Azure Blob, Region Based S3, Generic S3, none

Object storage type.

  • If Azure Blob is selected, the following parameters are used.

X


Storage Site Name


Unique name to identify the Azure Blob storage site.



Access Type

Key Access, AAD

Access type to connect to Azure Blob storage.

  • If Key Access: Connection String must be specified
  • If AAD: Account Name must be specified.



Azure Connection String


Azure connection string for key-based access.

  • Can be omitted if AAD is used.



Azure Account Name


Azure account name for AAD access.

  • Can be omitted if key access is used.



Use SSL


Use SSL to communicate with Azure Blob storage.


Storage Site:
Region Based S3

Storage Site Type

Azure Blob, Region Based S3, Generic S3, none

Object storage type.

  • If Region Based S3 is selected, the following parameters are used.

X


Storage Site Name


Unique name to identify the Region Based S3 storage site.



Access Key ID


Region Based S3 key ID.



Secret Access Key


Region Based S3 secret Access Key.



Hostname


Region Based S3 hostname.



Port #


Region Based S3 port # (if any).



Use SSL


Use SSL to communicate with Region Based S3 storage.


Storage Site:
Generic S3

Storage Site Type

Azure Blob, Region Based S3, Generic S3, none

Object storage type.

  • If Generic S3 is selected, the following parameters are used.

X


Storage Site Name


Unique name to identify the generic S3 storage site.



Access Key ID


Generic S3 storage key ID.



Secret Access Key


Generic S3 storage secret access key.



Hostname


Generic S3 storage hostname.



Port #


Generic S3 storage port # (if any).



Use SSL


Use SSL to communicate with generic S3 storage.



Verify SSL


Verify SSL connection to generic S3 storage.


Write Back Mode

Write Back Mode

VMDK, iSCSI

Specify the write back mode cache type to use.


Domains

Domain Name


Name of the failover protected domain to be created.

  • Default value is fetched from the generated Start_Protection_plan.
  • This value can be manually changed by the user, if necessary.

X


DRVA


Name of the DRVA to be created.

  • Default value is fetched from the generated Start_Protection_plan.
  • This value can be manually changed by the user, if necessary.

X


Priority

1-5

Priority level value assigned to the created protected domain.

X


PIT Window Size

days

PITR window size assigned to the created protected domain.

X


Storage Site


Name of the object store for the created protected domain.



Admin Mode


Additional settings can be modified after plan generation, if necessary.
Select the checkbox to edit, otherwise use default values.

  • Estimated capacity of object store in GB. (Default : 200 GB)
  • Protected domain section size in KB. (Default : 67108864 KB)



Capacity

GB

Estimated capacity of object store.



Section Size

KB

Protected domain section size.



Group and VM


Details of VMs contained in the protected domain.

  • This option is read-only (for reference).



Write IOPS

Estimated PITR Data Rate

Enter the estimated average rate at which all VMs protected in the domain would be generating new data (in IOPS). This will be used to calculate the size of the PITR metadata the DRVA will need for the protected domain.

Note: This parameter is applicable only when PITR is enabled (i.e., PIT Windows Size is >= 1). For SPP execution, this value will be pre-filled from the resource recommendation which can be overridden by the user. For the other plan executions (i.e. CFO, FO, and FB) this parameter is not applicable.


Table 7: Protection plan execution parameters.