VM Replication

[joepc]

Anyone have any recommendations for replicating VMs from host to host?

I have used VReplicator. It's okay but it's a little slower than I'd like (100mbps connection).

I have heard Veeam mentioned a lot.

An idea I have was to use data recovery to backup to a 2nd host every hr or so. But I'm not sure of the recovery process. I am hoping it would be like launching a copy of the VM.

 

[mrdenny]

You might want to look at the Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) on vSphere 5. It'll let you build a cluster without the need for the shared storage and it'll handle the storage replication for you automatically.

Denny
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