In the previous section of this chapter, we discussed the steps for configuring Hyper-V replication for virtual machines for standalone and clustered Hyper-V instances. Configuration is always the first duty of any administrator; once configuration is done, it is imperative that the administrator monitor it and enhance it with the day-to-day management tasks.

In this section of the chapter, we will first understand the various methods of monitoring the Hyper-V Replica environment.

Monitoring the IT infrastructures is an essential part of information technology operations' management. Monitoring of applications and services gives you the ability to get the full picture of the health of your applications and servers, and how they are being served to the corporate users of your organization.

In particular, monitoring the Hyper-V Replica environment is critical, because being a disaster recovery and business continuity solution for an organization makes it...