Replication between two hosts

[Crazyvmx]

I everybody ,

I have two hosts in the same site, in a standalone mode but inside the same vcenter with standard licences

Each host own 3 VMS .

Is it possible to replicate the vms on each other on the same vcenter and without cluster ?

Host 1 = VM1+VM2+VM3 & [VM4+VM5+VM6 replication]

Host 2 = VM4+VM5+VM6 & [VM1+VM2+VM3 replication]

I've got enough disk and it will be very secure to run the replicates in a few minutes in a case of problems with one host.

Thanks you ,

[memaad · Accepted solution]

Hi ,

If you are using vSphere 5.1,  Yes you can use VMware Standalone vSphere Replication , since vSphere Replication is included in Standard Lincenes.

http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/compare-kits.html

Short Video on vSphere replication

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/tag/vsphere-replication

Refer this link for configuration

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2012/09/17/back-to-basics-install-configure-and-use-vsphere-replication...

Regards

Mohammed

[Crazyvmx]

Ok Thanks !!!

[a_p_]

What I'm currently not aware of is an official documentation on how (if not manually) to activate a Replica, if the host on which vCenter Server and/or the Replication Appliance were running fails!?

André

PS: Discussion moved from VMware ESXi 5 to vSphere Replication

[Crazyvmx]

I think that in this case , you must have a backup of you Vcenter & appliance to restore on the second host that is already running .

After that you can recreate you replication on the first host ....

I someone has a better idea ???