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Replica mapping...once ?

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Hi,

I have to run a offsite replication of a big VM (8 TB of data).I'm planning to:

- run a replication on site A on a nfs datastore (NAS)
- move the NAS to site B
- change my replication job using replica mapping

2 questions:

- once the NAS is on site B, do I have to add the replica VM in the vCenter inventory or will the replication job do it for me when I enable the replica mapping ?
- after the first offsite replication, will I have to leave the replica mapping option enabled in my job for the next replications ?

Thanks.
Eric
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Re: Replica mapping...once ?

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EBoucq wrote:- once the NAS is on site B, do I have to add the replica VM in the vCenter inventory or will the replication job do it for me when I enable the replica mapping ?
You would have to register the VM on the target host to be able to select it for mapping.
EBoucq wrote:- after the first offsite replication, will I have to leave the replica mapping option enabled in my job for the next replications ?
No need to leave this setting enabled after successful first replication.
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Re: Replica mapping...once ?

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Hi Alexander,

Once again a quick and efficient answer from Veeam !
Thank you !

Eric
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[MERGED] Mapping

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Hi.

Once you've replicated a machine using mapping are there pros or cons of removing the mapping or leaving it in place.
All replicas are located at the end of a link that is <100Mb.
I've migrated to a new VCentre but am not sure whether to remove the mapping or not.

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Re: Replica mapping...once ?

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Hi Darren, you can safely remove the mapping after successful replication.
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Re: Replica mapping...once ?

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I understand I can do that.
Perhaps that I even should do it

I am just wondering what the pros & cons of doing so (or not doing so) woul dbe?
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Re: Replica mapping...once ?

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This actually doesn't affect existing replicas. Only changes will be transferred during subsequent job runs in both cases.
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