HPE Zerto Software on IBM Cloud overview
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HPE Zerto Software on IBM Cloud® integrates replication and disaster recovery capabilities into the deployment offerings to protect and recover data in your VMware® virtual environment on IBM Cloud®. HPE Zerto Software on IBM Cloud is a non-IBM product that is offered under terms and conditions from HPE Zerto Software, not IBM.
HPE Zerto Software is supported on VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances that meet the following requirements:
- VMware NSX-T™ 3.1 or later
- VMware vSphere® 7.0 or later
IBM Cloud® for VMware Solutions offers promotions for some add-on services. Promotional pricing offers a number of months at no cost for a service license, if the service has license charges. For more information, see Promotions for services.
The HPE Zerto Software version available for deployment is 10.0u7. To upgrade from HPE Zerto Software versions that are earlier than 10.0u7, you must migrate from a Microsoft Windows® Virtual Service Instance (VSI) to a Linux® virtual machine (VM).
Before you begin
Ensure that your IBM Cloud account is a billable account, and that it is linked to the IBM Cloud infrastructure account where your instance is deployed. For more information, see Billing for HPE Zerto Software replication.
Technical specifications for HPE Zerto Software
For more information about resource requirements and capacity checking for some services, see Resource requirements for services.
The following components are ordered and included in the HPE Zerto Software service.
Zerto Virtual Replication Appliance (VRA) components are deployed only into the default cluster.
Storage
100 GB (SAN) disk
HPE Zerto Software Networking
- One portable private IP address
- Virtual replication appliances (VRAs) - One private portable subnet for VRA deployment
The HPE Zerto Software service is not configured with an IBM Cloud infrastructure public IP address or with a NAT connection to the public network, even if you have public interfaces in your instance. This implementation helps to avoid the possibility of asymmetric routing when it uses a network gateway appliance.
When you deploy HPE Zerto Software, you must configure your own proxy or NAT connection to the public network. If you do not complete the configuration, HPE Zerto Software blocks management activities in 15 days.
For more information, see Considerations for ordering HPE Zerto Software.
Licenses and fees
HPE Zerto Software Replication version 10.0u7 license. You must use the license for disaster recovery purposes only. The license key cannot be used for migrating existing instances.