After the JetStream MSA has been deployed and registered with the vCenter Server, various settings must be configured before protection can be initiated.

JetStream DR is configured in vCenter at the datacenter level. The software is first deployed to the compute cluster and then IO Filter software is installed on all nodes of the cluster. There are four aspects of the system which must be configured prior to starting protection:

  1. Configure the cluster with the IO Filter package.
  2. Install and configure a DRVA.
  3. Add a storage site.
  4. Create a protected domain.

Each process is represented as a tab in the user interface. An additional set of steps can optionally be performed to configure alert notifications. Work through the configuration steps described for each process tab:


Configurations Tab

Appliances Tab

Storage Sites Tab

Protected Domains Tab


Note for vSphere 8 Installations:

After the vCenter is registered to the MSA, a vCenter user ([email protected]) must be created with the privilege "Interact with Partner Daemons" and its settings should be configured in the MSA to allow it to communicate with the IO Filter. A script has been developed by JetStream to facilitate this. The script manage_iofrest_user.ps1 is available in the Automation Toolkit and should be executed on the VM of the MSA.

In the AVS environment, this step is included as part of the Install-JetDRWithStaticIP and Install-JetDRWithDHCP cmdlets. If installation is performed on vSphere 8.x, the user creation is automatically performed. If JetStream was initially installed on vSphere 7.x and then subsequently upgraded to 8.x, the cmdlet Enable-JetStreamRESTUser will need to be run.