Veeam 11 - CDP - SureReplica - Application Group

[Matt.Sharpe]

Hi Guys,

I’m just testing the CDP on v11 and have a requirement for isolated testing. This can be done via Sure Replica, but I require Application Group for manual verification.

Can this be done (application groups) for CDP replication jobs?

Thanks

Matt

[HannesK]

Hello,
SureReplica is only available for classic replication in V11 (not for CDP).

Best regards,
Hannes

[Matt.Sharpe]

Hi Hanes,

You can explain how we now test the CDP Replicas in isolation?

Thanks

Matt

[HannesK]

I see two options:
1) do a failover (that interrupts CDP)
2) wait until we implement that feature (I cannot give any estimation yet)

[Matt.Sharpe]

The situation a customer requires would be using a VPLS and L2. So a failover would be similar to a VCC partial failover and thus interrupt production. That’s why we’d require isolation...

I tried using network mapping to another network but it didn’t seem to actually change the target replica. Shouldn’t it overwrite it on the next job run with a network mapping?

[HannesK]

EDIT: the change of the network happens only during failover. Before that, you will still see the initially configured network in VCenter (that's different than in classic replication)