To protect virtual machines

1. Prerequisites

   The virtual machines you use to create the resiliency group must reside in two data centers: the active data center and the recovery data center. The asset infrastructure for the virtual machines must be added to the Infrastructure Management Server (IMS) at the appropriate data center and IMS discovery of the virtual machines must be complete.

   For more information on adding asset infrastructure, refer to the Veritas Resiliency Platform Deployment Guide.

2. Navigate

   Assets > Resiliency Groups tab > Protect Virtual Machines

   You can also access the Protect Virtual Machines wizard from the Quick Action menu.

3. Display a list of virtual machines

   On the Select Assets screen, use one or more of the following drop-downs to filter your list of virtual machines:

   Data Center	The data center in which the virtual machine is located.
   Virtualization	The virtualization type.

4. Filter the list of virtual machines (optional)

   Group By	Organize the virtual machines by virtualization server or replication consistency group.
   Search	If you have a long list of virtual machines, use the Search field to filter the list.
   show assets in resiliency group	When you select this check box, the list of virtual machines is updated with a Resiliency Group column. If a virtual machine is already a member of a resiliency group, this column displays the name of the group.

5. Select the virtual machines

   To include a virtual machine in your new resiliency group, drag it from the list and drop in the Selected Instances area. If you change your mind, you can drag it back to the list of virtual machines. When you select all the assets you need, click Next.

6. Under Manage Assets screen, create the resiliency group.

   Review the list of virtual machines that form your new resiliency group. If you need to make any changes, click Back return to the Select Assets screen. When you are ready, name the resiliency group and click Next.

7. Under Configure DR screen, configure DR for the selected resiliency group.

   When you have configured DR for the resiliency group, click Next.

8. Select your disaster recovery data center

   The Select DR Datacenter screen identifies your active data center, and lists the data centers you can select for disaster recovery. When you select a disaster recovery data center for your resiliency group, make sure that the data center has copies of the same virtual machines. Select the check box for the data center you want use and click Next.

9. Confirm that there are virtual machines at the recovery data center that match the virtual machines in your resiliency group.

   In the VM Selection screen, verify the VM configurations for the production data center and recovery data center.

10. Complete the configuration

    The Summary screen lists the following:

    • The data center in which the resiliency group is located

    • The recovery data center you specified

    • The number of virtual machines in the recovery data center that you need to enable

    Optionally, you can use the Summary screen to apply customized network settings, provided the subnets across the data centers are mapped.

    If the configuration information is accurate and complete, click Submit.

11. Verify

    On the confirmation screen, click Done.

    The Resiliency Group tab is displayed, showing the new resiliency group.