Installing and Setting Up
vSphere Replication

To ensure a successful
vSphere Replication
deployment, follow the sequence of tasks required.
vSphere Replication
uses the replication technologies included in
ESXi
with the assistance of virtual appliances to replicate virtual machines between source and target sites.
To use
vSphere Replication
, you must deploy the
vSphere Replication
appliance on an ESXi host by using the
vSphere Client
.
You must deploy
vSphere Replication
in the same
vCenter Server
inventory where you replicate virtual machines.
The
vSphere Replication
appliance registers as an extension with the corresponding
vCenter Server
instance. For example, on the source site, the
vSphere Replication
appliance registers with the
vCenter Server
instance on the source site. Only one
vSphere Replication
appliance is allowed per
vCenter Server
.
The
vSphere Replication
appliance contains an embedded
vSphere Replication
server that manages the replication process. To meet the load balancing needs of your environment, you might need to deploy additional
vSphere Replication
servers at each site. Additional
vSphere Replication
servers that you deploy are themselves virtual appliances. You must register any additional
vSphere Replication
server with the
vSphere Replication
appliance on the corresponding site.
The
vSphere Replication
appliance automatically installs an encryption agent VIB on all
ESXi
hosts from the
vCenter Server
inventory. The encryption agent is used to encrypt the outgoing replicated data of the virtual machines that run on these
ESXi
hosts.
The
vSphere Replication
appliance provides a virtual appliance management interface (
Gestione dell'interfaccia dell'appliance VRMS
). You can use the
Gestione dell'interfaccia dell'appliance VRMS
to perform initial configuration and reconfigure the
vSphere Replication
database, network settings, public-key certificates, and passwords for the appliances.