The Replication Options page lets you configure additional operations performed during the replication job.You may also view the transport failover preferences, and modify them as needed.
IMPORTANT: After a replication job has been saved, you may not change the target host. If you want to replicate to a different host, you may either vMotion the VM to the preferred host, or create a new replication job for the preferred target. If you vMotion the VM, the existing replication job should identify the change in host and adjust automatically.
This task is a step in Process of creating a replication job.
To select replication options
1 Configure the replication options, using the table below for guidance.
2 Verify your Transport Failover preference. See About configuring transport failover options for more information. To change the Transport Failover order, click Modify. Otherwise, click Next.
Setting the recurrence schedule
The Recurrence Schedule Selection page lets you indicate whether the job should be done on demand (at this moment), or at a future time. To schedule a future occurrence, you must define the start time, recurrence pattern, and range of recurrence.
This task is a step in Process of creating a replication job.
To set the recurrence schedule
1 On the Recurrence Schedule Selection page, select from the options described in the following table.
Table 8. Guidelines
Option Description
Check destination for
free space. This option prompts vRanger to check the destination location to ensure that there is enough space available for the replica VM. Update notes with latest
replication results. If this flag is selected, vRanger updates the VM Notes in VC with the most recent replication task status.
NOTE: vRanger maintains the existing VM notes in vCenter, appending the replication status to the end.
Enable guest quiescing. This option enables the VMware Tools when creating a snapshot. Use this flag if you are replicating a database server. During this process, vRanger freezes or pauses writes on supported applications to provide a consistent image of VSS-enabled databases. See Physical backup transport options for more information. Enable Active Block
Mapping (ABM)
Checking this box enables Active Block Mapping, which lets vRanger skip data that recognized as removed on Windows NTFS (including junk data in recycle bin).
NOTE: With this option enabled, junk data in recycle bin and deleted data on the VM are not replicated.
The following ABM settings options are also available: • Do not include the Windows page file
• Do not include the Windows hibernation file
NOTE: When using the Full Backup Days option, ensure that the selected recurrence schedule causes backup tasks to be run on the configured Full Backup Days.
NOTE: To replicate more frequently than once per day, use the Interval reccurrance pattern.
This will be an On
Demand job… There is no need to define a schedule. The job runs on demand. Start Time The time of day at which to run the job.
2 Click Next. Recurrence Pattern
In this section, you establish how often the report should be generated. There are five options within this section:
• Daily – The daily option can be scheduled to run the report every weekday or every x number of days.
• Weekly – vRanger can be configured to run on weekly intervals, from every week to every 99 weeks. The day of the week on which to run reports can be configured.
• Monthly – The monthly option offers the following configurations: • Day [x] of every[y] month:
• x can be any value from 1 to 31. This determines the day of
the month on which the job occurs.
• y can be any value from 1 to 99. This value determines the
monthly interval — for example, every two months sets the job to run every other month.
• The [f] [d] of every [y] month(s):
• f can be either: first, second, third, fourth or last.
• d can be: weekday, weekend day, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
y can be any value from 1 to 99. This value determines the monthly interval — for example, every two months sets the report to run every other month.
• Yearly – The yearly option offers the following configurations: • Every [m][x]:
• m is any month of the year. This determines the month of the
year in which the report occurs.
• x can be any value from 1 to 31. This determines the day of
the month on which the report occurs. • The [f][d] of [m]:
• f can be either: first, second, third, fourth, or last.
• d can be: day, weekday, weekend day, Sunday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
m is any month of the year. This determines the month of the year in which the report occurs.
• Interval – The Interval option offers the following configurations: • Day(s). The default value is 0, which lets you replicate more
frequently than daily.
• Hour(s). The default value is 1. To replicate more frequently, change to “0” and configure a “minutes” value.
• Minute(s). The default value is “0”. The minimum interval is five minutes.
NOTE: Configure a value sufficient to let the previous replication pass to continue. Range of
Recurrence Select the starting date and ending date.• No end date: The job recurs until it is stopped. • End after: Select the number of occurrences.
Configuring email notifications
The Email Notification Selection page lets you select the email addresses to which notifications should be sent for this job. You can also request that a report be sent to the recipients identified after the job is complete. To add or edit email addresses, see Setting up the SMTP server.
This task is a step in Process of creating a replication job.
To configure email notifications
1 On the Email Notification Selection page, in the Selected column, select the address to which notifications should be sent.
• To select all email addresses, select the check box in the Selected column header. 2 Click Next.