Objective 6.3 – Configure vSphere Replication

vSphere Replication 6.5 (VR) is a host-based virtual machine replication solution distributed as an OVF virtual appliance. A replica allows the creation of an exact copy of a production virtual machine and it is stored on a DR site ready to be fired up in case of a disaster in the primary site. Through scheduled or manual replication jobs, you can specify which backups are replicated and target storage devices to use.

Comparing and contrasting vSphere Replication compression methods

vSphere Replication can be configured to compress transferred data to save network bandwidth, reducing the amount of buffer memory used on the vSphere Replication server (VRS). vSphere Replication uses the FastLZ compression library, which provides a balance of speed, minimal CPU overhead, and compression efficiency. Although compression is enabled during the replication configuration in a vSphere Replication appliance, compression is actually performed by the ESXi...