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Virtual Standby Settings

The Virtual Standby Settings dialog contains information about the policy assigned to the node. You cannot edit polices from this dialog. For more information, see Edit Policies.

The following options appear on the Virtual Standby tab:

Virtualization Server Options

• VMware Systems:

  The following options apply to VMware systems:

  • Virtualization type--VMware.
  • ESX Host/vCenter--Identifies the host name of the ESX or vCenter Server system.
  • User Name--Identifies the user name that is required to log in to the VMware system.
  • Password--Identifies that a password for User Name is required to log in to the VMware system.
  • Protocol--Displays the communication protocol used between the source CA ARCserve D2D node and the monitoring server.
  • Port--Identifies the port used for data transfer between the source server and the monitoring server.
• Monitoring:

  The following options apply to VMware systems.

  • Monitor Server--Identifies the host name of the server that monitors the source server.
  • User Name--Identifies the user name that is required to log in to the monitoring server.
  • Password--Identifies that a password for User Name is required to log in to the monitor server.
  • Protocol--Identifies the communication protocol used between the CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby server and the ESX Server system (monitoring server).
  • Port--Identifies the port used for data transfer between the CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby server and the ESX Server system (monitoring server).
  • Use monitor server as proxy for data transfer--Identifies that the monitor server copies the conversion data from the CA ARCserve D2D source server to the ESX Server datastore.

    Note: The Use monitor server as proxy for data transfer option is enabled by default. You can disable this option to allow the CA ARCserve D2D source server to copy the conversion data directly to the ESX Server datastore.

• Hyper-V Systems:

  The following options apply to Hyper-V systems:

  • Virtualization type--Hyper-V.
  • Hyper-V Host Name--Identifies the host name of the Hyper-V system.
  • User Name--Identifies the user name that is required to log in to the Hyper-V system.
  • Password--Identifies that a password for User Name is required to log in to the Hyper-V system.
  • Port--Identifies the port used for data transfer between the source server and the monitoring server.

Virtual Machine Options

• VMware Systems:
  • VM Name Prefix--Identifies the prefix added to the display name for the virtual machine on the ESX Server system.

    Default value: CAVM_

  • VM Resource Pool--Identifies the name of resource pool where the standby virtual machine is grouped.
  • Datastore--Identifies the location where you want to store the conversion data.
    • Use one datastore for all virtual machine source disks--Indicates that the application copies all of the disks related to the virtual machine to one data store.
    • Choose a datastore for each VM source disk--Indicates that the application copies disk-related information for the virtual machine to the corresponding datastore.
  • Networks--Identifies the NICs, virtual networks, and paths that the ESX Server system uses to communicate with the virtual machines.
    • Connect all virtual NICs to the following virtual network--Identifies the virtual NICs that are mapped to the virtual network. This option is specified when the virtual machine contains virtual NICs and a virtual network.
    • Choose a virtual network for each virtual NIC--Identifies the name of the virtual network that you want the NIC to use to communicate.
  • CPU Count--Identifies the minimum and maximum CPU count supported by the standby virtual machine.
  • Memory--Identifies the total amount of RAM in MB allocated for the standby virtual machine.
• Hyper-V Systems:
  • VM Name Prefix--Identifies the prefix added to the display name for the virtual machine on the Hyper-V system.

    Default value: CAVM_

  • Path--Identifies the location on the Hyper-v Server where the conversion data is stored.
  • Networks--Identifies the NICs, virtual networks, and paths that the Hyper-V server uses to communicate with the virtual machines.
  • CPU Count--Identifies the minimum and maximum CPU count supported by the standby virtual machine.
  • Memory--Identifies the total amount of RAM in MB allocated to the standby virtual machine.

Stand-in Settings

• Recovery:
  • Manually start the Virtual Machine--Indicates that the virtual machines are powered on and provisioned manually when the source server fails or stops communicating.
  • Automatically start the Virtual Machine--Indicates that the virtual machines are powered on and provisioned automatically when the source server fails or stops communicating.
• Heartbeat Properties:
  • Timeout--Identifies the length time that the monitor server must wait for a heartbeat before it powers on a recovery point snapshot.
  • Frequency--Identifies the frequency that the source server communicates heartbeats to the monitor server.

The following options appear on the Preferences tab:

• Email Alerts:
  • Missing heartbeat for source machine--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when the monitor server does not detect a heartbeat from the source server.
  • VM powered on for source machine configured with auto power ON--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when it powers on a virtual machine that was configured to power on automatically when a heartbeat is not detected.
  • Missing heartbeat for source machine configured with manual power ON--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when it does not detect a heartbeat from a source server that is not configured to power on automatically.
  • VM storage free space less than--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when it detects insufficient free disk space on the defined hypervisor path. The detection occurs when the amount of free disk space is less than the user-defined threshold. The threshold can be defined either an absolute value (MB) or as a percentage of the capacity of the volume.
  • Virtual Standby errors/failure/crash--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when it detects an error that occurred during the conversion process.
  • Virtual Standby success--Indicates that the process of creating a virtual standby virtual machine completed successfully.
  • Hypervisor is not reachable--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert notifications when it detects that it cannot communicate with the ESX Server system or the Hyper-V system.
  • License failure--Indicates that Virtual Standby sends alert notifications upon detection of licensing problem on Virtual Standby servers, source servers, and monitoring servers.
  • The Virtual Standby did not start successfully from the Recovery Point Snapshot--Indicates that the process of creating a virtual standby virtual machine from a recovery point snapshot did not complete successfully.