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Table Of Contents

Contents

vSphere Replication Installation and Configuration 5

Updated Information 6

Overview of VMware vSphere Replication 7

Contents of the vSphere Replication Appliance 8

vSphere Replication Client Plug-In 8

Source and Target Sites 9

How vSphere Replication Works 9

Replication Data Compression 12

vSphere Replication System Requirements 14

vSphere Replication Licensing 14

vSphere Replication Network Ports 15

Operational Limits of vSphere Replication 15

Compatibility of vSphere Replication with Other vSphere Features 16

vSphere Replication Compatibility with Other Software 17

Bandwidth Requirements for vSphere Replication 17

Installing and Uninstalling vSphere Replication 20

Install vSphere Replication 21

Uninstall vSphere Replication 29

Unregister vSphere Replication from vCenter Server if the Appliance Was Deleted 31

Configuring the Customer Experience Improvement Program 33

Categories of Information That VMware Receives 33

Join or Leave the Customer Experience Improvement Program in the vSphere Web Client 33

Isolating the Network Traffic of vSphere Replication 34

Set Up a VMkernel Adapter for vSphere Replication Traffic on a Source Host 35

Set Up a VMkernel Adapter for vSphere Replication Traffic on a Target Host 36

Create a VM Network Adapter to Use for Incoming Replication Traffic on the Combined

vSphere Replication Appliance 37

Create VM Network Adapters to Isolate the Network Traffic of a vSphere Replication Server 38

Deploying Additional vSphere Replication Servers 40

Deploy an Additional vSphere Replication Server 40

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