{"id":1202,"date":"2021-12-17T17:59:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T16:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vminded.com\/?p=1202"},"modified":"2021-12-22T11:50:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T10:50:32","slug":"using-vmware-cloud-dr-to-protect-vms-in-an-sddc-part-2-protecting-vms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vminded.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/17\/using-vmware-cloud-dr-to-protect-vms-in-an-sddc-part-2-protecting-vms\/","title":{"rendered":"Using VMWare Cloud DR to protect VMs in an SDDC. (Part 2 – Protecting VMs)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the first post <\/a>of my series on Using vCDR to protect VMs in an existing SDDC<\/strong>, I have showed you how to configure an existing SDDC as a Protected Site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next thing to do is to start selecting the list of VMs running into the cloud that you want to protect with vCDR<\/strong> in a Recovery SDDC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Protecting VMs running in the SDDC<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It’s possible to protect VMs with vCDR by leveraging the concept of Protection group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Protection Group<\/a><\/strong> helps create a collection of VMs replicated to the cloud which can be then used as a group for recovery. You can create multiple groups of VMs through multiple Protection Groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create a Protection group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Creating a Protection Group is very simple! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have just clicked on the button Create protection group<\/strong> from my SDDC in the Protected sites menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am then presented with a wizard to name the Protection Group, select my source SDDC vCenter and define Group membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In order to select the list of VMs, I have to create one vCenter query<\/strong> that defines the protection group’s dynamic membership. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A vCenter query is defined using: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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