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Content Owner: Roman Macek | ||||
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Note: vSphere Replication is NOT included with this version;
VMware introduced a built-in vSphere Replication function with vSphere 5 and SRM 5 (hypervisor-based replication product). Prior to vSphere 5.1 this was however only a feature enabled with Site Recovery Manager (SRM), a fee-based extension product - not the base vSphere product.
With 5.1 this feature has become available with the standard vSphere editions.
VMware vSphere Replication will manage replication at the virtual machine (VM) level through VMware vCenter Server. It will also enable the use of heterogeneous storage across sites and reduce costs by provisioning lower-priced storage at failover location. Changed blocks in the virtual machine disk(s) for a running virtual machine at a primary site are sent via the network to a secondary site, where they are applied to the virtual machine disks for the offline (protection) copy of the virtual machine.
VMware introduced a built-in vSphere Replication function with vSphere 5 and SRM 5 (hypervisor-based replication product). Prior to vSphere 5.1 this was however only a feature enabled with Site Recovery Manager (SRM), a fee-based extension product - not the base vSphere product.
With 5.1 this feature has become available with the standard vSphere editions.
VMware vSphere Replication will manage replication at the virtual machine (VM) level through VMware vCenter Server. It will also enable the use of heterogeneous storage across sites and reduce costs by provisioning lower-priced storage at failover location. Changed blocks in the virtual machine disk(s) for a running virtual machine at a primary site are sent via the network to a secondary site, where they are applied to the virtual machine disks for the offline (protection) copy of the virtual machine.
