InfoScale™ 9.0 Solutions in Cloud Environments

To set up replication in the same VNet within the same region

1. Enable the ports that are used for inbound and outbound communication.

   For details, refer to the InfoScale Installation and Upgrade Guide - Windows.

2. Using Microsoft Azure portal, create a VNet and specify an IP address space for the VNet.
3. Create a subnet in the VNet created.

   For details about creating a VNet, specifying an IP address space, and creating a subnet, refer to Microsoft documentation.

4. Create two virtual machines within the subnets and provision storage.
5. Install the appropriate InfoScale product on both the virtual machines.
6. Create VxVM disk groups, VxVM volumes, Storage Replicator Log (SRL), Replicated Volume Group (RVG), and RLinks.
7. Flush the iptables on both the virtual machines.

   # iptable -F

8. Set up replication between the virtual machines using the private IP address or the virtual IP address.
9. Verify the replication status.

   # vradmin -g dg_name repstatus rvg_name

   Ensure that the replication status shows:

   Replication status: replicating (connected)

To set up replication across the VNets, within the same region

1. Using Microsoft Azure portal, create two VNets and specify an IP address space for each VNet.
2. Set up VNet Peering between the two VNets.
3. Create a subnet in each VNet.
4. Create a virtual machine in each subnet and provision storage.
5. Install the appropriate InfoScale product on both the virtual machines.
6. Create VxVM disk groups, VxVM volumes, Storage Replicator Log (SRL), Replicated Volume Group (RVG), and RLinks.
7. Flush the iptables on both the virtual machines.

   # iptable -F

8. Set up replication between the virtual machines using the private IP address or the virtual IP address.
9. Verify the replication status.

   # vradmin -g dg_name repstatus rvg_name

   Ensure that the replication status shows:

   Replication status: replicating (connected)