How to replicate guest machine to another host

[visna]

Hello guys,

I've essential kit Plus license and I've try to execute replication job from VDP 6 on host A to VDP 6 to host B, I was thinking it clone guest machine from host A to host B but in HOST B there isn't anything.

There is  method for schedule job to clone guest machine from a host to another vmware host?

thanks

regards,

Andrew

[jklimczak21]

you can use https://www.veeam.com/virtual-machine-backup-solution-free.html

Its a lil manually but it will work or you can use powershell to export the vms then import them on the 2nd host 

[npadmani · Accepted solution]

VDP replication is all about protection against VDP appliance failure.

look at the following documentation link, there's a dedicated section for Replication

https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-60/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vmware-data-protection-administration...

now, since you have Essentials Plus license.

you are also entitled to use vSphere Replication, that will give you what you want in terms of replica copy of your VM. please refer following documentation

https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMW-vSPHR-Replication-6-0.pdf

[andrew_]

Thanks npadmani , but for use replication appliance is mandatory have installed Site Recovery manager also?  Because when I download V. replication 5.8.1 it shows me information "should be use with Site Recovery Manager" ..

thanks

Andrea

[npadmani]

it's not mandatory to use SRM.

vSphere Replication as standalone can also leverage you with replication. Just that failover needs to be taken care of manually.

while if you bring SRM on top of this replication, then you can do DR Orchestration.

[andrew_]

Thank you very much, I've test replication and works fine, I've set 24hour for RPO and 1 point in time recovery for 2 days. So I think I can recover guest machine from last checkpoint until two days ago right?

I've see in destination host that datastore contains all vmdk disk files and many vmx1, vmx2, etc.. but not single VMX file for add to inventory,  there is a method for recover guest without use vCenter?

Thanks again

[npadmani]

recovering VM with or without MPIT would be simple using web client, which is going to be latest copy and then you go into snapshot manager of the VM and do your navigation to appropriate snapshot accordingly.

but if you want to register VM in inventory manually by browsing datastore. you got to look at the time stamp when particular vmx,vmxf and nvram files created. and pickup the one which is with latest timestamp, and register that vm in inventory, and go to snapshot manager of the VM to try and revert to appropriate older persevered point in time. (I would strongly recommend setting up a test environment to first validate this as I have personally not done it)

Let's also try to take some help from gs_khalsags_khalsa, he will be able to add some more useful information to thread.