Step 7. Configure Network Mapping
[This step applies if you have selected the Recover Veeam agent backups option at the Recovery Options step of the wizard, or if you have selected the Recover vSphere backups option and you want to enable the functionality of network mapping]
When you recover a VM from a vSphere backup, the recovered VM is connected to the same vSphere networks as the source VM; if the same networks are not available in the recovery location, you can create a network mapping table for the location so that the recovered VM is connected to the correct network. However, when you recover a machine from a Veeam agent backup, there are no vSphere networks that can be used — only the IP address of the source agent is known. Therefore, to recover Veeam agents, you must create at least one network mapping rule that maps an IP address range to a vSphere network so that the recovered VM is connected to the correct network.
To configure network mapping, at the Network Mapping step of the wizard, click Add. The Add Network Mapping Rule window will open.
- Depending on whether you plan to recover machines from vSphere or Veeam agent backups, do the following in the Source network section:
- To recover VMs from vSphere backups, from the vCenter Server list, select a vCenter Server that manages source VMs. Then, from the list of available networks, select a network to which the source VMs are connected.
For a vCenter Server to be displayed in the vCenter Server list, it must be connected to Orchestrator as described in section Connecting VMware vSphere Servers.
- To recover machines from Veeam agent backups, specify a range of IP addresses that contains the IP addresses of the source agent machines. Alternatively, create a separate network mapping rule to map each individual IP address. Note that you must specify at least one network mapping rule.
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Orchestrator supports IP addresses in the IPv4 format only. If a machine that you want to recover has an IPv6 address only, you must create the 0.0.0.0/0 mapping rule. Otherwise, Orchestrator may halt the recovery process. |
- In the Target vSphere network section, from the vCenter Server list, select a vCenter Server that will manage recovered VMs. Then, from the list of available networks, select a network to which the recovered VMs will be connected.
For a vCenter Server to be displayed in the vCenter Server list, it must be connected to Orchestrator as described in section Connecting VMware vSphere Servers.
