To configure an application for disaster recovery

1. Sign in to the Disaster Recovery Orchestrator Console UI from a web browser.
2. On the command bar, click Configure.
3. On the On-Premises System Information panel, provide the following input:

   • Select the name of the on-premises system that hosts the application.

   • Enter the user name and password of a domain user who has the privileges to configure the application for DR.

     You may specify the current user or a different user. However, the user must have local administrator privileges on the on-premises system.

   Click the Next arrow.

   The wizard searches for application monitoring configurations on the specified system, and proceed as follows:

   • If the wizard does not find any application monitoring configurations, it displays a message and prompts you to configure an application for monitoring. Click Configure to launch the Application Monitoring Configuration Wizard, and step through the wizard.

     Note:

     Make sure that pop-up blockers are not enabled on the browser.

     See Configuring application monitoring.

     After you exit the Application Monitoring Configuration Wizard, click the right arrow at the bottomr right corner on the DR configuration wizard.

   • If the wizard finds any applications that are configured for monitoring but not configured for DR, it displays the next page.

4. On the Application Virtual Machine Mapping page, specify the following:

   • Select the on-premises application that you want to map to a cloud virtual machine for DR.

   • Select the name of the cloud virtual machine that hosts the application.

   • Enter the user name and password of a domain user who has the privileges to configure the application for DR.

     You may specify the current user or a different user. However, the user must have local administrator privileges on the cloud application host.

   Click the Next arrow.

   The wizard searches for application monitoring configurations on the specified virtual machine, and proceeds as it did earlier for the on-premises application in step 3. Take the appropriate action to proceed.

5. On the Data Mapping for Replication panel, and map the application data folders to the corresponding folders on the cloud application host.

   If the Disaster Recovery Orchestrator Configuration Wizard is able to identify the data folders that configured for the application, they are selected by default.

   If you do not want to replicate any specific folders, remove them from the Selected Folders list on the right.

   Click the Next arrow.

6. On the Replication Journal Information panel, provide the following information:

   • A location and size for the on-premises journal file

   • A location and size for the cloud journal file

   Click the Next arrow.

7. On the Virtual Computer Name panel, specify the following:

   • Select the IP address to be used to access the on-premises application.

   • Enter a unique virtual name for the application.

   • Provide the credentials of the user in whose context the application monitoring helper service runs.

     You may specify the current user or a different user. However, the user must have DNS administrator privileges and must be a local administrator on the on-premises application host and the corresponding cloud application host.

     Note:

     If the user that you specify does not have the appropriate privileges, the DR configuration might fail.

   Click the Next arrow.

8. On the Summary panel, review the data that the wizard has collected so far.

   Click the Next arrow.

9. On the Implementation panel, review the progress of the tasks as the wizard performs them.

   If an issue occurs, the wizard displays an error message and provides a link to the logs that you can use for troubleshooting.

   When all the tasks are completed, click the Next arrow.

10. On the DR Site Preparation panel, take one of the following actions:

    • To finalize the application configuration immediately, click Configure now.

      See Finalizing the application recovery configuration.

    • To finalize the application configuration later, click Configure later.

      You must remember to perform this operation by clicking the appropriate link from the Applications view later.

    If you do not click either of these buttons and exit the wizard, you can finalize the application later.