To deploy a DRVA:

  • Go to the Appliances tab screen click the Deploy New DRVA button.

  • A pop-up dialog window will appear to guide you through a multi-step deployment process.
    1. General
      • Provide a name and description for the DRVA. 
      • Click the Next button.

    1. DRVA VM
      • On the upper portion of the screen, make selections from the drop-down menus to specify details about the location for the DRVA including the specific datastore on which it will reside.
      • Upon deployment, the MSA will automatically upload the file drva.iso to a folder in the specified datastore.

      • On the lower portion of the screen, specify parameters for the DRVA.
        • Recommended default parameters are: 4 CPU cores and 8GB memory.
        • If necessary, these parameters can be changed later.
      • Click the Next button.

    1. DRVA Network
      • Make selections from the drop-down menus to specify the management network, internal data network, replication network, and the replication log network.
      • Selecting a Static IP checkbox and clicking its Configure button will open a dialog window to allow static IP address information to be entered.

      • Click the Configure button of the dialog window to save Static IP settings.

      • When finished, click the Next button to move to the next step.
    1. Summary
      • Review all entered settings on the Summary step.
      • Use the Back button to modify any settings that need to be changed.
      • If the settings are correct, click the Deploy button.
      • The DRVA will be deployed and will appear in the list of DRVAs under the Appliances tab.

Note: After the DRVA has been deployed, create a replication log volume on it.