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Table Of Contents
- Using VMware vSphere Replication
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- About Using VMware vSphere Replication
- Replicating Virtual Machines
- How the Recovery Point Objective Affects Replication Scheduling
- How the 5 Minute Recovery Point Objective Works
- How Retention Policy Works
- Replicating a Virtual Machine and Enabling Multiple Point in Time Instances
- Using vSphere Replication with Virtual SAN Storage
- Using vSphere Replication with vSphere Storage DRS
- How vSphere Replication Synchronizes Data Between vCenter Server Sites During Initial Configuration
- Replicating Virtual Machines Using Replication Seeds
- Replicating a Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance
- Best Practices For Using and Configuring vSphere Replication
- Configure Replication for a Single Virtual Machine to vCenter Server
- Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines to vCenter Server
- Move a Replication to a New vSphere Replication Server
- Stop Replicating a Virtual Machine
- Reconfiguring Replications
- Reconfigure Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) in Replications
- Resize the Virtual Machine Disk Files of a Replication that Uses Replication Seeds
- Resize Virtual Machine Disk Files of a Replication that Does Not Use Replication Seeds
- Change the Point in Time Settings of a Replication
- Change the Target Datastore Location of a Replication
- Monitoring and Managing Replications in vSphere Replication
- Performing a Recovery with vSphere Replication
- Troubleshooting vSphere Replication
- Generate vSphere Replication Support Bundle
- vSphere Replication Events and Alarms
- Solutions for Common vSphere Replication Problems
- Error at vService Bindings When Deploying the vSphere Replication Appliance
- OVF Package is Invalid and Cannot be Deployed
- Connection Errors Between vSphere Replication and SQL Server Cannot be Resolved
- Application Quiescing Changes to File System Quiescing During vMotion to an Older Host
- Configuring Replication Fails for Virtual Machines with Two Disks on Different Datastores
- vSphere Replication Service Fails with Unresolved Host Error
- Scalability Problems when Replicating Many Virtual Machines with a Short RPO to a Shared VMFS Datastore on ESXi Server 5.0
- vSphere Replication Sites Appear in the Not Authenticated State
- Error Recovering Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance
- vSphere Replication RPO Violations
- vSphere Replication Appliance Extension Cannot Be Deleted
- vSphere Replication Does Not Start After Moving the Host
- Unexpected vSphere Replication Failure Results in a Generic Error
- Reconnecting Sites Fails If One Of the vCenter Servers Has Changed Its IP Address
- Uploading a Valid Certificate to vSphere Replication Results in a Warning
- vSphere Replication Server Registration Takes Several Minutes
- Generating Support Bundles Disrupts vSphere Replication Recovery
- vSphere Replication Operations Take a Long Time to Complete
- vSphere Replication Operations Fail with Authentication Error
- vSphere Replication Does Not Display Incoming Replications When the Source Site is Inaccessible
- vSphere Replication is Inaccessible After Changing vCenter Server Certificate
- vSphere Replication Cannot Establish a Connection to the Hosts
- Anti-virus Agent in Firewall Terminates Virtual Machine Replication
- Initial Full Synchronization of Virtual Machine Files to VMware Virtual SAN Storage Is Slow
- Configuring Replication Fails Because Another Virtual Machine has the Same Instance UUID
- Not Active Replication Status of Virtual Machines
- vSphere Replication Operations Run Slowly as the Number of Replications Increases
- Error at Reconfiguring the vSphere Replication Management Server from the Virtual Appliance Management Interface
- Unable to Establish an SSH Connection to the vSphere Replication Appliance
- The Replication Pauses When You Add a New Disk To the Source VM
- The vSphere Replication Appliance Root File System Switches to Read-only Mode and Login Fails
Contents
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About Using VMware vSphere Replication 4
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Replicating Virtual Machines 5
How the Recovery Point Objective Affects Replication Scheduling 6
How the 5 Minute Recovery Point Objective Works 7
How Retention Policy Works 7
Replicating a Virtual Machine and Enabling Multiple Point in Time Instances 9
Using vSphere Replication with Virtual SAN Storage 9
Using vSphere Replication with vSphere Storage DRS 11
How vSphere Replication Synchronizes Data Between vCenter Server Sites During Initial
Configuration 11
Replicating Virtual Machines Using Replication Seeds 13
Replicating a Virtual Machine in a Single vCenter Server Instance 13
Best Practices For Using and Configuring vSphere Replication 14
Configure Replication for a Single Virtual Machine to vCenter Server 15
Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines to vCenter Server 18
Move a Replication to a New vSphere Replication Server 20
Stop Replicating a Virtual Machine 21
Reconfiguring Replications 22
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Monitoring and Managing Replications in vSphere Replication 26
View the Replication Summary for a Site 26
View Replication Reports for a Site 28
Identifying Replication Problems in the Issues Tab 30
Manage Target Sites 31
Manage vSphere Replication Servers 31
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Performing a Recovery with vSphere Replication 33
Recover Virtual Machines by Using vSphere Replication 34
Failback of Virtual Machines in vSphere Replication 35
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Troubleshooting vSphere Replication 36
Generate vSphere Replication Support Bundle 36
vSphere Replication Events and Alarms 37
Solutions for Common vSphere Replication Problems 41
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