How do I install and configure VMware vSphere replication?

Procedure

  1. Log in to the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client.
  2. On the home page, click Site Recovery and click Open Site Recovery.
  3. On the Site Recovery home page, select a site pair and click View Details.
  4. Click the Replications tab, select Outgoing or Incoming, and click the Create new replication icon.

How do you replicate in vSphere?

Launch vSphere Replication on the vCenter source by clicking in the shortcut Site Recovery, then click Open Site Recovery. It will open vSphere Replication from vCenter. Next, click in New Site Pair to create a Replication between sites.

Is vCenter required for vSphere replication?

When operating with IPv6 address, vSphere Replication requires that all components in the environment, such as vCenter Server and ESXi hosts are accessible using IPv6 address.

How do I replicate a VM in ESXi?

How to Clone Virtual Machines

  1. Step 1 – Enable SSH on ESXi.
  2. Step 2 – Determine the datastore, folder and VMDK names.
  3. Step 3 – Create the target VM.
  4. Step 4 – SSH to ESXi.
  5. Step 5 – Attach the copied VMDK to the target VM.

Is vSphere replication free?

vSphere Replication is provided as a no-charge component of all eligible vSphere licenses ranging from vSphere Essentials Plus through to the Enterprise Plus edition. As with backups through VMware Data Protection, protecting a virtual machine is a critical function of a hypervisor platform for the datacenter.

How do I enable replication on my virtual machine?

To enable replication for an added disk, do the following:

  1. In the vault > Replicated Items, click the VM to which you added the disk.
  2. Click Disks, and then select the data disk for which you want to enable replication (these disks have a Not protected status).
  3. In Disk Details, click Enable replication.

How does vSphere replication work?

When you configure a virtual machine for replication, the vSphere Replication agent sends changed blocks in the virtual machine disks from the source site to the target site. The changed blocks are applied to the copy of the virtual machine. This process occurs independently of the storage layer.

How do you replicate a VM?

To replicate a virtual machine using vSphere Replication, you must deploy the vSphere Replication appliance at the source and target sites. A vSphere Replication infrastructure requires one vSphere Replication appliance at each site. If you want to configure replications, the source and target sites must be connected.

Does vSphere replication require license?

vSphere Replication does not have a separate license as it is a feature of certain vSphere license editions. If you have the correct vSphere license, there is no limit on the number of virtual machines that you can replicate by using vSphere Replication.

What is vSphere replication in VMware?

vSphere Replication is a deeply integrated VMware vSphere component. It is a robust hypervisor-based virtual machine replication engine. Changed data in virtual machine disks for a running virtual machine at a primary site is sent to a secondary site.