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mifrasmm
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vSphere Replication

Hi

Im looking for support on my vsphere Replication.

I have one vCenter with HA & 2 Cluster ( 2 different site )

Currently im replicating

Site A VM's to Site B Data Store &

Site B VM's to Site A Data Store,

Currently i have vCenter Fail over but is there anyway i can make replication Fail over or in case if my current replication goes offline is there anyway i can recover VM's  that backed up in replication.

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daphnissov
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Using SRM and some automation, sure.

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mifrasmm
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SRM required additional license? 

     anyway i can do with my current setup & License

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daphnissov
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Yes, SRM requires an additional license. You can probably do anything with your license if you write your own automation application.

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sjesse
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While its technical possible to get replicate vcenter and recover the same one, I'd get a second vcenter before getting srm.

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mifrasmm
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You can configure vcenter High Availability

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daphnissov
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vCHA is not designed to provide site-level availability of vCenter. That's why you have multiple vCenters at different sites managing different sets of resources.

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mifrasmm
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what about VCHA  separate subnet , I have configured this one vcenter managing 2 sites

VMware Knowledge Base

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daphnissov
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You're using vCHA as it was not intended although it may "work". Separate subnet does not mean separate physical sites. If you have an active site and a failover site, this is a use case for two separate vCenters and not the same vCenter. Almost all other layered solutions begin from that premise.

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mifrasmm
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Okay go it..!

Back to my question is there any inbuilt recovery option available in VM incase my replication goes down ?

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daphnissov
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