Once an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) gets created, you can use the AMI to launch instances to deploy the Resiliency Manager and any number of Infrastructure Management Servers (IMS), and Replication Gateways in AWS.
To launch the instances of virtual appliances
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Go to the command prompt and open the AWS console. Go to Services and then go to the EC2 console.
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In the left hand side pane, under IMAGES, click AMIs and you can see the list of AMIs created.
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Select the AMI that you want to use and click Launch. Make sure to select an instance type that matches with the system resource requirements mentioned in the documentation:
See System resource requirements for Resiliency Platform
For example, you can select instance type m4.2xlarge. Network Optimization should be high for the instance.
In the Select an existing key pair or create a new key pair wizard, you can choose an existing key pair, or create a new one. If you create a new key pair, ensure to click the Download key pair button and download. You will need the private key from this key pair to login as admin user for completing the bootstrap.
See Deploying the virtual appliances in AWS