Considerations for VA Running on Cloud

Log into Microsoft Azure or Amazon EC2 portal and create a virtual machine to work as Arcserve Continuous Availability VA.

Important! Do not manually delete the virtual machine, its configuration, and virtual disk files, otherwise, the scenario can fail.

Note the following considerations for Virtual Appliance VM:

• For Xen platforms, install XenServer Tools on the Appliance VM.
• Note: If your virtual platform is Citrix Xen 6.0, install the .NET 4.0 Framework on the protected master. The .NET 4.0 Framework is required for installing the Xen tool on the virtual machine that the appliance created.
• For ESX and vCenter platforms, install VMware Tools on the Appliance VM.
• Install the Continuity Suite Engine on the Appliance VM.
• For Amazon EC2, ensure that the date and time are correct and synchronized to your system and the network can access AWS.

• For Azure: In Disks configuration screen, select Use managed disks. Arcserve Continuous Availability does not support unmanaged disks, Availability zone, and Availability set on Azure.
• Continuity Suite engine port (TCP 25000 by default) is allowed for incoming connections.
• Assign a public Static (for Azure) or Elastic (for EC2) IP address to VA so that the IP address does not change after restart.
• For Linux Virtual Appliance VM running on Azure or EC2, you must enable PasswordAuthentication in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
• After Continuity Suite Engine is installed on VA, verify that Continuity Suite Master and Control Service can reach Arcserve Continuous Availability VA by running the following command separately on Master and Control Service:

telnet <VA-public-IP> 25000

Press Space bar to get Continuity Suite Engine version information.

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