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cloud-infrastructure/virtualization-solutions/oracle-cloud-vmware-solution/disaster-recovery-to-ocvs-solution-definition/vSphere-Replication-v9.x-Configuration-Deployment-Guide/vSphere Replication - v1.2.md

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**Enhanced Replication** - New default choice
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**Standard Replication** - Legacy choice
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| Feature | Enhanced Replication | Standard Replication |
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Cluster 2 would have different storage to Cluster 1. Cluster 1 could be VSAN or OCI Block Storage and Cluster 2 could also be VSAN or OCI Block Storage. By doing this the replicated VM data is stored on different storage to the original workloads providing resiliency against a cluster/AD outage.
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The downsides of using vSphere Replication in this way is that it requires vCenter to do the recovery of VMs, and if the outage impacts the vCenter server, then recovery becomes harder to do and could possibly require the assistance of VMware support.
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You will then be prompted to select the required files as shown below
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You then follow the prompts, and you will eventually be asked to pick the network for the OVF deployment
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You have the option to peer with a vCenter in the same or different SSO domain, with OCVS it is most likely that your vCenter servers/SDDCs will be in different vSphere SSO domains.
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Once the pairing has completed successfully you will then be presented with the following screen, and you can login to start configuring replications
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When configuring replications for VMs, you will be offered the choice between Standard and Enhanced Replication, the default should always be Enhanced for new replications.
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You will select the VMs you wish to replicate and protect.
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Select the destination datastore for the replicated VMDK and VM files
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Configure replication settings such as RPO/Snapshots, compression and encryption.
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As mentioned in the yellow box, the recovered VM will not be connected to any network, this is done to avoid all possible chances of conflict across the network. So as part of your recovery process you will have to connect the VMs vnic to the required network after the recover has completed.
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The VM will now be added to the inventory in the vCenter and powered on if that option was selected.
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If the original source VM is still in the inventory of the vCenter, you can remove it from the inventory *but do not delete from disk**. The vmdks can now be used as seeds, so only replicated changes need to be transferred minimizing the amount of time and b/w needed to get the replication running.
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vSphere Replication will automatically map the seed disks, but if for some reason it maps them incorrectly you can modify the selection. **please be careful as if you map them incorrectly it could cause unrecoverable data loss.**
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Confirm everything and select **Finish.**
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