Step 11. Configure Seeding and Mapping Settings

The Seeding step is available if you have selected the Replica seeding option at the Name step wizard. You can use this step to configure replica seeding and mapping for a VMware Cloud Director replication job. For more information on when to use seeding and mapping, see vApp Seeding and Mapping.

If you use replica seeding or mapping, make sure that you select the following backup infrastructure components for the job properly: source-side backup repository to keep metadata and proxies. It is recommended that you explicitly assign proxies in the production site and disaster recovery (DR) site. For more information, see Specify Data Transfer Settings.

Configuring Replica Seeding

To configure replica seeding:

1. Make sure that you have backups of replicated vApps in a backup repository in the DR site. If you do not have the backups, create them as described in section Creating vApp Replica Seeds.

2. In the Initial seeding section, select the Get seed from the following backup repository check box.
3. From the list of available backup repositories, select the repository where your replica seeds are stored.

Configuring Replica Mapping

To configure replica mapping:

1. Select the Map replicas to existing vApps check box.
2. If you want Veeam Backup & Replication to scan the DR site to detect existing copies of vApps that you plan to replicate, click Detect.

If any matches are found, Veeam Backup & Replication will populate the mapping table. If Veeam Backup & Replication does not find a match, you can map a vApp to its copy manually. Note that the mapping list does not display vApps added to the list of exclusions for replication.

3. If you want to map a VM manually, select a source VM from the list, click Edit and select the copy of this VM on the target host in the DR site.

To remove a mapping association, select a VM in the list and click Remove.