I have a very odd issue.
Our setup looks as follows
VC01 (vCenter Managing)
Datacenter A (Primary - South Datacenter)
ESXICLUSTER01
vSphere Replication Appliance 01 (VM)
Datacenter B
ESXICLUSTER02
Datacenter C
INDIVIDUAL REMOTE STAND ALONE HOSTS (40+)
DRVC01 (vCenter Managing)
Datacenter D (Secondary - North Datacenter)
ESXICLUSTER02
vSphere Replication Appliance 02(VM)
Basically, in short, we have replication setup on 20 VMs ONLY between Datacenter A and Datacenter D.
HOWEVER, we're seeing a ton of traffic from the vSphere Replication Appliance in Datacenter A and the Stand along remote ESXi hosts in Datacenter C. All of this traffic is on Port 80, and it's bi-directional. The ESXi remote hosts are communicating to the replicaiton appliance, and vice versa. However, NOTHING is being protected at the Datacenter C remote locations. Why is the vSphere replication appliance being so chatty with the management network of remote ESXi hosts which it is not protecting? This is saturating our remote location circuits with hundreds of thousands of transmits.