Plan and install
Prerequisites
Infrastructure, network, and account requirements before deploying Datamotive.
- Product
- Datamotive Platform
- Version
- v1.0
- Documentation status
- Published
- Last updated
- Updated
- Reading time
- 1 min read
Complete all prerequisites before running the quick start. Attempting to deploy without meeting these requirements is the most common cause of installation failures.
Infrastructure requirements
Replication Appliance (VMware source sites)
The Replication Appliance is a Linux VM that runs inside the vSphere cluster it protects.
| Resource | Minimum | Recommended | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| vCPU | 4 | 8 | Per 200 VMs protected |
| RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB | |
| OS disk | 50 GB thin | 50 GB thin | |
| Cache disk | 200 GB | 500 GB SSD | For block staging |
| Network | 1 Gbps | 10 Gbps | To vSphere API and target |
Cloud Connector (cloud source or target)
The Cloud Connector is a lightweight EC2 or Azure VM that acts as the replication endpoint in cloud environments.
| Resource | AWS instance type | Azure VM size |
|---|---|---|
| Small (up to 50 VMs) | t3.xlarge | Standard_D4s_v3 |
| Medium (50 to 200 VMs) | c5.2xlarge | Standard_D8s_v3 |
| Large (200+ VMs) | c5.4xlarge | Standard_D16s_v3 |
Network requirements
| Connection | Port | Protocol | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Replication Appliance to Datamotive control plane | 443 | HTTPS | Outbound |
| Replication Appliance to vCenter | 443 | HTTPS | Outbound |
| Replication Appliance to ESXi hosts | 902 | TCP | Outbound |
| Replication Appliance to target cloud | 443 | HTTPS | Outbound |
| Datamotive console browser to control plane | 443 | HTTPS | Outbound |
Account and permission requirements
VMware
- vCenter user with at least the following privileges:
- Virtual machine snapshot operations (create, remove, revert)
- Datastore browse
- vApp export
- The user must have access to all clusters containing protected VMs
AWS
- IAM role or user with the following minimum policies:
ec2:DescribeInstances,ec2:DescribeSnapshotsec2:CreateSnapshot,ec2:CopySnapshot,ec2:DeleteSnapshotec2:CreateVolume,ec2:AttachVolumes3:GetObject,s3:PutObject(for the staging bucket)
Azure
- Service principal or managed identity with:
- Contributor role on the resource group used for DR VMs
- Storage Blob Data Contributor on the staging storage account
Licensing
A valid Datamotive license key is required before starting the deployment. Contact your Datamotive account team or retrieve the key from the Datamotive partner portal.
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