Recommended Best Practices
Zerto recommends the following best practices:
| • | Install Zerto on a dedicated virtual machine with a dedicated administrator account and with VMware High Availability (HA) enabled. |
| • | Avoid installing other applications on this machine. |
| • | If other applications are installed, the Zerto Virtual Manager service must receive enough resources and HA must remain enabled. |
| • | Install a VRA on every host in a cluster so that if protected virtual machines are moved from one host to another, there is always a VRA to protect the moved virtual machines. |
| • | When protecting a vApp, you must install a VRA on every host in the cluster on both the protected and recovery sites and ensure that DRS is enabled for the clusters. |
| • | Install VRAs using static IP addresses for a production environment, and not DHCP. |
| • | You must exclude the following folders from antivirus scanning: |
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Zerto |
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%ProgramData%\Zerto\Data\zvm_db.mdf |
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C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Zerto.Zvm.Service.exe |
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C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Zerto.Vba.VbaService.exe |
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C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Zerto Online Services Connector\Zerto.Online.Services.Connector.exe |
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C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Embedded DB Manager Service\Zerto.LocalDbInstanceManagerService.exe |
Failure to do so may lead to the Zerto folder being incorrectly identified as a threat and in some circumstances corrupt the Zerto Virtual Replication folder.