5.3.1 Org VDC with Disaster Recovery Capabilities
vCloud Availability for vCloud Director is enabled at Organization VDC level with an API call:
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Headers:
Accept: application/*+xml;version=20.0;vr-version=4.0
Content Type: application/vnd.vmware.hcs.enableReplicationParams+xml
or via CLI from the installer appliance:
vcav org-vdc enable-replication --vcd=<vcd instance> --org=<org name> --vdc=<org vdc name>
The provider can further view and limit vCloud Availability for vCloud Director features that will be available to tenants at the Org VDC limit with the following API calls:
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Headers:
Accept: application/*+xml;version=20.0;vr-version=4.0
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.hcs.editRecoveryDetailsParams+xml
Body:
EditRecoveryDetailsParams xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vr/v6.0" xmlns:vcloud_v1.5="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5" name="xs:string">
<vcloud_v1.5:VCloudExtension required="xs:boolean"/>
<Description> xs:string </Description>
<IsTestFailoverEnabled> xs:boolean </IsTestFailoverEnabled>
<IsFailoverEnabled> xs:boolean </IsFailoverEnabled>
<IsPlannedMigrationEnabled> xs:boolean </IsPlannedMigrationEnabled>
</EditRecoveryDetailsParams>
Table 14. Org VDC Replication Features
Element | Description |
IsPlannedMigrationEnabled | Can run planned migrations? (Boolean) |
IsFailoverEnabled | Can configure failover? (Boolean) |
IsTestFailoverEnabled | Can configure test failover (Boolean) |
Limiting replication features at the Org VDC level might be useful in scenarios where vCloud Availability for Director is used only for onboarding of tenants’ virtual machines and only Planned Migration must enabled.
Note Only Org VDCs with thin storage provisioning can be enabled for replication.