Protecting Virtual Machines from a vCenter Server
When the protected site is vCenter Server, protection can be set up to cope with the following situations:
| • | A disaster, enabling recovery to a point in time in the 30 days prior to the disaster. |
| • | The need to retain files saved either daily or weekly for a period of up to one year. The same wizard is used to set up both disaster recovery and the retention policy. |
Use any of the following procedures depending on the site to which you need to recover:
| Protected Site | Recovery Site | See Procedure... |
|---|---|---|
| vCenter Server | To a different vCenter Server site | Replication From a Protected Site vCenter Server to a Recovery Site vCenter Server |
| To the same vCenter Server site (local replication) | Replication From a Protected vCenter Server to the Same Site | |
| To a different site using the Client Console or VMware Web Client | Protecting a Single Virtual Machine (Via the VMware Web Client or Client Console) | |
| To a Hyper-V site | Replication From a Protected Site vCenter Server To a Recovery Site Hyper-V Host | |
| To a Amazon Web Services (AWS) site | Replication From a Protected Site vCenter Server to a Recovery Site AWS | |
| To a Microsoft Azure site | Replication From a Protected Site vCenter Server to a Recovery Site Microsoft Azure |
Requirements for vSphere Environments
Before protecting your virtual machines, review Zerto Virtual Replication - Prerequisites & Requirements for vSphere Environments
Considerations
| • | If one or both of the sites have vCloud Director installed, Protecting Virtual Machines to and From VMware Cloud Director. |
| • | Any virtual machine that is supported by the hypervisor can be protected. When recovering to a different hypervisor, the protected virtual machines must also be supported by the recovery hypervisor. |
| • | For a list of VMs that cannot be protected, see Virtual Machines That Cannot Be Replicated. |
The following topics are described in this section:
| • | Replication From a Protected Site vCenter Server to a Recovery Site vCenter Server |
| • | Replication From a Protected vCenter Server to the Same Site |
| • | Protecting a Single Virtual Machine (Via the VMware Web Client or Client Console) |
| • | Replication From a Protected Site vCenter Server To a Recovery Site Hyper-V Host |
| • | Replication From a Protected Site vCenter Server to a Recovery Site AWS |
| • | Replication From a Protected Site vCenter Server to a Recovery Site Microsoft Azure |