4. Reference design for replication services

This chapter describes a complete Veeam Cloud Connect Replication deployment at a service provider. By impersonating a provider willing to offer DRaaS, you will design and deploy all necessary servers, networks and network rules in order to run Veeam Cloud Connect Replication.

4.1: Veeam Cloud Connect Replication overview

NOTE: In this version of the book, replication will refer only to snapshot-based replication. CDP (Continuous Data Protection) will come in one of the future versions.

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Table of contents

• 4.1 VMware vSphere
• 4.2 VMware Cloud Director
• 4.3 Target Veeam proxies
• 4.4 vSphere Networking
• 4.5 Veeam Cloud Connect Replication deployment
• 4.6 vSphere environment
• 4.7 Cloud Director environment
• 4.8 Veeam proxies