Step 7. Allocate Cloud Replication Resources

At the Replica Resources step of the wizard, you can allocate replication resources to the company:

• [For the Native Veeam Cloud Connect tenant accounts] Subscribe the company to one or more hardware plans.

• [For the VMware Cloud Director tenant accounts] Allocate compute resources for company VM replicas.

Allocating Veeam Cloud Connect Replication Resources

You can subscribe the company to one or more hardware plans. A company subscribed to a hardware plan will be able to store in the cloud VM replicas created with Veeam Backup & Replication.

To subscribe the company to one or more hardware plans:

1. Click Add.
2. In the Replication Resource window, choose a hardware plan.
3. If your service provider enabled WAN acceleration for you and the company plans to use WAN accelerators for replication jobs, select the Enable WAN acceleration through the following WAN accelerator check box and choose a target WAN accelerator configured on the service provider side.

The source WAN accelerator must be configured on the company side. The company must select the source WAN accelerator when configuring a replication job.

4. Click OK.
5. Repeat steps 1–4 for all hardware plans to which you want to subscribe the company.
6. To allocate network resources for performing failover tasks, select the Use built-in network management capabilities during failover check box.

With this option enabled, the New Company wizard will include an additional Network Extension Appliance step.

Allocating VMware Cloud Director Replication Resources

You can assign to the company an Organization vDC that will be used as a target for company replicas and register a VMware Cloud Director tenant account in Veeam Cloud Connect.

To assign an Organization vDC to the company:

1. Click Add.
2. In the Add Virtual Data Center window, choose a virtual data center that will be available to the tenant as cloud host.
3. If your service provider enabled WAN acceleration for you and the company plans to use WAN accelerators for replication jobs, select the Enable WAN acceleration through the following WAN accelerator check box and choose a target WAN accelerator configured on the service provider side.

The source WAN accelerator must be configured on the company side. The company must select the source WAN accelerator when configuring a replication job.

4. Click OK.
5. Repeat steps 1–4 for all virtual data centers which you want to assign to the company.
6. To allocate network resources for performing failover tasks, select the Use Veeam network management capabilities during partial and full site failover check box.

With this option enabled, the New Company wizard will include an additional Network Extension Appliance step.