Most organizations will have a DR plan in place, regardless of whether it is a large enterprise or a small or medium business. VMware Site Recovery Manager leveraging an array-based replication is a very effective DR solution. However, an array-based replication can be a costly solution for some businesses, especially the small and medium businesses. VMware's proprietary replication engine called vSphere Replication offers a very cost-effective DR solution without the need for investments on storage replication technologies.

One of the advantages for businesses using vSphere Replication is the fact that the replication can be managed without the need for an SRM license. The vSphere Web Client GUI provides an interface to configure and manage replication on virtual machines.

In this chapter, we learn what vSphere Replication actually is, its architecture, and how it can be deployed in your vSphere environment.

vSphere Replication is a replication engine that can be leveraged to...