Create a VM Network Adapter to Use for Incoming Replication Traffic on the additonal vSphere Replication Appliance

 Create a VM Network Adapter to Replication Traffic on the additional vSphere Replication Appliance.

In my environment, need to configure additional NIC for replication traffic. By default management traffic allow both traffic.

Use the following procedure to add a second adapter to the vSphere Replication appliance only for the replication traffic.

Following the below steps:-

>  Power off the additional vSphere Replication Appliance.

>  Edit the setting of VM, add new network card and click okay.

>  Power on the additional vSphere Replication Appliance.

> https://VRSVM://5480 by using URL.

> Login as admin credentials and go to network tab.

> Try to add network but getting the below error (find the below screenshot)

Error " Resolve all errors to continue".

Work around the issue, to fix the this issue need to login putty session and configure manually.

> Take putty session and login admin credentials

> Then run " SU root" and enter the credentials. 

admin@test-vrs-01 [ ~ ]$ su root

Password:

> Then go to network path

root@test-vrs-01 [ /home/admin ]# cd /etc/systemd/network

 >  Verify the network card details by using ls -l command

root@test-vrs-01 [ /etc/systemd/network ]# ls -l

total 4

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 230 May 18 13:18 10-eth0.network

>  Copy the network card on same location and eth1 name

root@test-vrs-01 [ /etc/systemd/network ]# cp 10-eth0.network 10-eth1.network

root@test-vrs-01 [ /etc/systemd/network ]# ls -l

total 8

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 230 May 18 13:18 10-eth0.network

-rw-r----- 1 root root 230 May 19 09:31 10-eth1.network

>  Edit the eth1 network card which was copied from eth0.

root@test-vrs-01 [ /etc/systemd/network ]# vi 10-eth1.network

> change name as eth1 and IP address,gateway,subnetmask and Mac address.

> And save it accordingly.

> Verify the permission on both network cards

root@test-vrs-01 [ /etc/systemd/network ]# ls -l

total 8

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 230 May 18 13:18 10-eth0.network

-rw-r----- 1 root root 230 May 19 09:35 10-eth1.network

> run the chmod command and give a same permission on second network card also.

 

root@test-vrs-01 [ /etc/systemd/network ]# chmod 644 10-eth1.network

root@testvrs-01 [ /etc/systemd/network ]# ls -l

total 8

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 230 May 18 13:18 10-eth0.network

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 230 May 19 09:35 10-eth1.network

>  Restart network services after configured.

root@test-vrs-01 [ /etc/systemd/network ]# chown systemd-network:systemd-network 10-eth1.network

root@test-vrs-01 [ /etc/systemd/network ]# systemctl restart systemd-networkd

root@test-vrs-01 [ /etc/systemd/network ]# networkctl

IDX LINK             TYPE               OPERATIONAL SETUP

  1 lo               loopback           carrier     unmanaged

  2 eth0             ether              routable    configured

  3 eth1             ether              routable    configured

3 links listed.

root@test-vrs-01 [ /etc/systemd/network ]#

> Now both NIC's are configured on VM.

> second IP as we can use as replication traffic.