Table of all protection plan parameters:

Category

Parameter

Value

Comment

Mandatory

General

Maximum number of VMs per domain


Maximum number of VMs allowed per protected domain.

X


CFO Priority

1-5

All protected domains with a matching CFO priority level value will be failed over using CFO.

  • If no value is assigned, a CFO plan will not be generated.
  • Separate multiple values with comma.



Writeback Priority

1-5

All protected domains with a matching writeback priority level value will be handled using writeback mode.

  • Separate multiple values with comma



Valid Garbage Ratio (%)


  • Percentage of overhead reserved for normal garbage collection.
  • Leave as default value unless advised to change per JetStream support.

X


Maximum Garbage Ratio (%) 


The maximum percentage allowed for garbage collection.

  • Default maximum amount is 300% (i.e., three times the amount of storage reserved for protected data).
  • Leave as default value unless advised to change per JetStream support.

X


CPT stats collection duration

Hours

Use stats collected by CPT.

  • Specify the number of hours (cycles) that CPT should loop hourly to collect stats.




Available vCenter stats period

1 or 24 hours

Use stats collected by vCenter.

  • 1 hour: (default) Use stats collected from the last 1 hour sampled in 20 second intervals.
  • 24 hours: Use stats collected from the last 24 hours (1 day) sampled in 5 minute intervals. NOTE: The stats level must be set to 3 to use this option.


DRVA

Number of DRVA(s)


Specify the number DRVA(s) to be deployed in the environment.

  • If left empty, the number of DRVAs will automatically be determined by CPT.
  • The number of DRVAs should not exceed the number of hosts in the cluster.



Maximum Cores


Maximum allowed number of cores per DRVA.

X


Minimum Cores


Minimum allowed number of cores per DRVA.

X


Maximum Memory

GB

Maximum allowed amount of memory per DRVA.

  • Limits the total amount of memory of the DRVA irrespective of the number of protected domains assigned to it.

X


Minimum Memory

GB

Minimum allowed amount of memory per DRVA.

X


IOPS per DRVA Core


Maximum allowed number IOPS per DRVA core.



Memory per Protected Domain

MB

Maximum allowed amount of memory per protected domain.

  • This common value will be used for all protected domains of the DRVA.
  • The total amount of memory assigned to protected domains of a DRVA cannot exceed the maximum memory limit set for the DRVA (see above).



Replication Log Size

GB

Maximum allowed size of the replication log.


Storage Site:
Azure Blob

Storage Site Type

Azure Blob, Region Based S3, Generic S3, none

Object storage type. 

  • If Azure Blob is selected, the following parameters are used.



Storage Site Name


Unique name to identify the Azure Blob storage site.



Bandwidth

mbps

Enter results from the JetStream Bandwidth Tester (BT) tool.



Access Type

Key Access, AAD

Access type to connect to Azure Blob storage.

  • If Key Access: Connection String must be specified.
  • If AAD: Account Name must be specified.



Azure Connection String


Azure connection string for key-based access.

  • Can be omitted if AAD is used.



Azure Account Name


Azure account name for AAD access.

  • Can be omitted if key access is used.



Use SSL


Use SSL to communicate with Azure Blob storage.


Storage Site:
Region Based S3

Storage Site Type

Azure Blob, Region Based S3, Generic S3, none

Object storage type.

  • If Region Based S3 is selected, the following parameters are used.



Storage Site Name


Unique name to identify the Region Based S3 storage site.



Bandwidth

mbps

Enter results from the JetStream Bandwidth Tester (BT) tool.



Access Key ID


Region Based S3 storage key ID.



Secret Access Key


Region Based S3 storage secret Access Key.



Hostname


Region Based S3 storage hostname.



Port #


Region Based S3 storage port # (if any).



Use SSL


Use SSL to communicate with Region Based S3 storage.


Storage Site:
Generic S3

Storage Site Type

Azure Blob, Region Based S3, Generic S3, none

Object storage type.

  • If Generic S3 is selected, the following parameters are used.



Storage Site Name


Unique name to identify the generic S3 storage site.



Bandwidth

mbps

Enter results from the JetStream Bandwidth Tester (BT) tool.



Access Key ID


Generic S3 storage key ID.



Secret Access Key


Generic S3 storage secret access key.



Hostname


Generic S3 storage hostname.



Port #


Generic S3 storage port # (if any).



Use SSL


Use SSL to communicate with generic S3 storage.



Verify SSL


Verify SSL connection to generic S3 storage.


Protected Site

vCenter Server FQDN / IP

FQDN, IP Address

Protected site vCenter Server fully qualified domain name or IP address.

X


vCenter Server Username


Protected site vCenter Server username.

X


vCenter Server Password


Protected site vCenter Server password.

X


Cluster Name


Cluster where VMs to be protected are located.

X

Protected VMs


New Group, Independent VMs

Specify how VMs should be selected and grouped for assignment to protected domains.


New Group
(VM Aggregation)



  • All VMs matching specified selection parameters will be placed into the same protected domain.
  • Enter the following parameters as necessary.



Group Name


Name of VM Aggregation Group.

X


Point-in-time Recovery Window Size

days

Range of time covered by PITR function.

  • 0 = PITR disabled.

X


Domain Name Prefix


  • Prefix prepended to the name of the protected domain created.
  • This parameter is optional.



Priority

1-5
  • The specified priority level value will be assigned to the protected domain created.
  • Lower value = higher priority.

X


Folder


Limit search for matching VMs to specified folder and below.



VM Whitelist


Matching VMs will be INCLUDED in group.

  • Separate search patterns and exact names using “:”
  • Separate multiple exact names using “,”
  • Example: '*abc*:*bcd*:win07,win02'

X


VM Blacklist


Matching VMs will be EXCLUDED from group.

  • Separate search patterns and exact names using “:”
  • Separate multiple exact names using “,”
  • Example: '*abc*:*bcd*:win07,win02'


Independent VMs



  • All VMs matching specified selection parameters will be placed into protected domains determined by CPT.
  • Enter the following parameters as necessary.

X


Group Name


Name of independent VM group.



Point-in-time Recovery Window Size

days

Range of time covered by PITR function.

  • 0 = PITR disabled.

X


Domain Name Prefix


  • Prefix prepended to the names of protected domains created.
  • This parameter is optional.



Priority

1-5
  • The specified priority level value will be assigned to all protected domains created.
  • Lower value = higher priority.

X


Folder


Limit search for matching VMs to specified folder and below.



VM Whitelist


Matching VMs will be INCLUDED in group.

  • Separate search patterns and exact names using “:”
  • Separate multiple exact names using “,”
  • Example: '*abc*:*bcd*:win07,win02'

X


VM Blacklist


Matching VMs will be EXCLUDED from group.

  • Separate search patterns and exact names using “:”
  • Separate multiple exact names using “,”
  • Example: '*abc*:*bcd*:win07,win02'


Recovery Site

vCenter Server FQDN / IP

FQDN, 
IP Address

Fully qualified domain name or IP address to access recovery site vCenter Server.



Cluster Name


Cluster where VMs will be recovered.



Domain Name Prefix


Filter protected domains with matching prefix value(s) for failover.

  • Separate multiple values with comma.


Summary



A read-only summary of all entered parameters (from above).


Table 3: Protection Plan parameters.