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Replicating VMs to Another Site

We're a single location office and we've been discussing the idea of renting rack space from a data center, putting our hardware in there and replicating to the data center. Currently, we have 2 hosts and 2 SANs onsite. The SANs replicate to each other but I'd like to split them up. It would also be nice, in the event of a disaster, that we could run off of the data center. What is the best way to replicate our VMs to a data center so that if something happened to our location, either a hardware issue or disaster, we could run off of the data center? I've heard Veeam brought up in before but didn't know if anyone had experience with anything else.

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NuggetGTR
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SRM - Site recover Manager.

or if you upgrade to vSphere 5.1 you get vCenter replication free which could provide exactly what you require

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Hi ,

Along with NuggetGTR, said, vSphere Replication is storage indpendent. Also does not need license for storage level replication .   Also we have option of Standlaone vSphere Replication, where you need only one vCenter server.

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/08/srm-5-1-and-vsphere-replication-as-a-standalone-feature.html

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

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vipes27
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Thanks for the responses. Would VRanger also be an option? I'm not sure what the cost and work involved in upgrading to 5.1, that's something we'll have to take a look at.

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Virtuoso
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Hi,

If you have vSphere Enterprise plus license then upgrade  to 5.1 is free, I think  check detail about

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

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vipes27
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We have Essentials +.

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Virtuoso
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Hi,

If you have Essential Plus, then you have to upgrade your license to  use vSphere Replication. I  cannot comment on Vranger, since i Have not used it.

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Hi,

Here is link about vSphere Replication with Essentail Plus license

http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/08/srm-5-1-and-vsphere-replication-as-a-standalone-feature.html

Please check  with Vmware customer service about vSphere replication availability for you.

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