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description: Learn how to deploy disaster recovery of your virtual machines (VMs) with VMware HCX Disaster Recovery. Also learn how to use Azure VMware Solution as the recovery or target site.
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.service: azure-vmware
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ms.date: 10/26/2022
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ms.date: 7/8/2023
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# Deploy disaster recovery using VMware HCX
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In this article, you'll deploy disaster recovery of your virtual machines (VMs) with VMware HCX solution and using an Azure VMware Solution private cloud as the recovery or target site.
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The diagram shows the deployment of VMware HCX from on-premises VMware vSphere to Azure VMware Solution private cloud disaster recovery scenario.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/disaster-recovery-virtual-machines/hcx-disaster-recovery-scenario-1-diagram.png" alt-text="Diagram showing the VMware HCX manual disaster recovery solution in Azure VMware Solution with on-premises VMware vSphere." border="true" lightbox="./media/disaster-recovery-virtual-machines/hcx-disaster-recovery-scenario-1-diagram.png":::
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>[!IMPORTANT]
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>Although part of HCX, VMware HCX Disaster Recovery (DR) is not recommended for large deployments. The disaster recovery orchestration is 100% manual, and Azure VMware Solution currently doesn't have runbooks or features to support manual HCX DR failover. For enterprise-class disaster recovery, refer to VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) or VMware business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) solutions.
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>Although part of VMware HCX, VMware HCX Disaster Recovery (DR) is not recommended for large deployments. The disaster recovery orchestration is 100% manual, and Azure VMware Solution currently doesn't have runbooks or features to support manual VMware HCX DR failover. For enterprise-class disaster recovery, refer to VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) or VMware business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) solutions.
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VMware HCX provides various operations that provide fine control and granularity in replication policies. Available Operations include:
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1. Log into **vSphere Client** on the source site and access **HCX plugin**.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/disaster-recovery-virtual-machines/hcx-vsphere.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the HCX option in the vSphere Web Client." border="true":::
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:::image type="content" source="./media/disaster-recovery-virtual-machines/hcx-vsphere.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the VMware HCX option in the vSphere Client." border="true":::
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1. Enter the **Disaster Recovery** area and select **PROTECT VMS**.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/disaster-recovery-virtual-machines/protect-virtual-machine.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Disaster Recovery dashboard in the vSphere Web Client." border="true" lightbox="./media/disaster-recovery-virtual-machines/protect-virtual-machine.png":::
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:::image type="content" source="./media/disaster-recovery-virtual-machines/protect-virtual-machine.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Disaster Recovery dashboard in the vSphere Client." border="true" lightbox="./media/disaster-recovery-virtual-machines/protect-virtual-machine.png":::
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1. Select the Source and the Remote sites. The Remote site in this case should be the Azure VMware Solution private cloud.
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:::image type="content" source="./media/disaster-recovery-virtual-machines/protect-virtual-machines.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the HCX: Protected Virtual Machines window." border="true":::
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:::image type="content" source="./media/disaster-recovery-virtual-machines/protect-virtual-machines.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the VMware HCX: Protected Virtual Machines window." border="true":::
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1. If needed, select the **Default replication** options:
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