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This document describes how to configure Abiquo properties for DRaaS with Zerto.

Add plugin license

The Abiquo DRaaS plugin is part of the Abiquo platform install but it requires a separate license  that license that must be present to load the plugin .plugin.

Go to Configuration → Licenses and add the new license. 

Set Abiquo Configuration Properties

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1. On the Abiquo Server, enable VM duplicate names in different datacenters. See Configure Abiquo to capture VMs with duplicate names

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   abiquo.virtualmachine.namesperdc=true

   
   

2. On the Remote Services server, set the NARS async pool property, which must have a value of 1. Note that this is the default value for this integration

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   abiquo.nars.async.pool.zerto.max=1

   
   

3. Configure the network name prefixes for DRaaS networks, for recovery and failover tests. 
   

   Configure the name of the vCenter network that recovered VMs will use. For a test environment where you are only using DRaaS with one enterprise, you can create a network in vCenter with this name for the enterprise and optionally create a matching external network in Abiquo.

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   On the Remote Services server, configure the DRaaS properties.

   Property	Description
   abiquo.draas.check.delay.seconds	Delay between executions of the DRaaS sync in seconds Default: 60
   abiquo.draas.pg.journalhistory.hours	Default journal history for the protection groups in hours Default: 24
   abiquo.draas.

   recovery.network.name=Draasnet

   If you are using DRaaS with more tenants, in vCenter you must create a network for each enterprise to match one in the recovery vCenter with a name such as DraasnetEnterprise1. The first part of the network name is this property's value, and the second part is the value of an enterprise property with a key of "DR-code". You can optionally create a matching external network in Abiquo

   Configure the default network used for failover tests by the DRaaS provider. The naming convention is the same as for the recovery network. 

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   pg.priority	Default priority for the protection groups Range: Low, Medium, High. Default: Medium
   abiquo.draas.pg.rpo.seconds	Default recovery point objective for the protection groups in seconds Default: 180
   abiquo.draas.recovery.

   testnetwork

   cluster.name

   =DraasTestnet

   Optionally configure recovery host details

   Host

   Default host name where the selected VMs will be recovered by the DRaaS provider.

   Accepts

   It can include a wildcard (*) to match any string

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   Default: *Cluster*

   abiquo.draas.recovery.

   cluster

   datastore.name

   =*Cluster*Datastore

   Default datastore name that the VMs will use when recovered by the DRaaS provider.

     Accepts

   It can include a wildcard (*) to match any string

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   Default: *datastore-local*

   abiquo.draas.recovery.

   datastore

   folder.name

   =*datastore-local*Folder

   Default folder name where the selected VMs will be recovered by the DRaaS provider.

    Accepts

   It can include a wildcard (*) to match any string

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   abiquo.draas.recovery.

   folder

   network.name

   =/Optionally configure protection group defaults  – could they manually set other values?

   Set default priority for the protection groups. This property can have the following values: Low, Medium, High.

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   abiquo.draas.pg.priority=Medium

   Set default journal history for the protection groups in hours

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   abiquo.draas.pg.journalhistory.hours=24

   Set default recovery point objective for the protection groups in hours

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   abiquo.draas.pg.rpo.seconds=180

   Optionally configure the delay between synchronization of DRaaS in seconds

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   abiquo.draas.check.delay.seconds=60

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1. Default network used for recovery by the DRaaS provider. In the recovery vCenter you must create a network for each enterprise, and you may create a matching external network in Abiquo. If there is more than one enterprise, the first part of the network name is this property's value, and the second part is the value of an enterprise property with a key of "DR-code", for example, "DraasnetEnterprise1". Default: Draasnet

   abiquo.draas.recovery.testnetwork.name

   Default network used for failover tests by the DRaaS provider. In the recovery vCenter you must create a test network for each enterprise. If there is more than one enterprise, the first part of the network name is this property's value, and the second part is the value of an enterprise property with a key of "DR-code", for example, "DraasTestnetEnterprise1". Default: DraasTestnet

   
   

2. On the Remote Services server,

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1. configure the

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# Delay between polling requests to update Zerto tasks status
#zerto.polling.delay.seconds=60
# Wait time that finished Zerto tasks require to propagate the changes.
#zerto.propagation.delay.seconds=10
# Allow Zerto plugin to use insecure connections
#zerto.ssl.allow.insecure=false
#Logger level for Feign HTTP client. Valid values: none, basic, headers, full. The default value is none.
#zerto.feign.logger.level=none

Assign privileges to the users

There are two new privileges for this feature.

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1. Zerto properties

   Property	Description
   zerto.feign.logger.level	Logger level for Feign HTTP client. Range: none, basic, headers, full Default: none
   zerto.polling.delay.seconds	Delay between polling requests to update status of Zerto tasks Default: 60
   zerto.propagation.delay.seconds	Wait time that finished Zerto tasks require to propagate the changes. Default: 10
   zerto.ssl.allow.insecure	Allow Zerto plugin to use insecure connections Default: false