Installing and Setting Up vSphere
Replication
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 (VRMS Appliance
Management Interface
).
You can use the VRMS Appliance
Management Interface
to perform initial configuration and reconfigure the
vSphere
Replication
database, network settings, public-key certificates,
and passwords for the appliances.