Configuring VM Replication, Failover & Failback
Hyper-V Failover
Sometimes businesses may require a substitute of the Virtual Machine that is being used for their business-critical function in times of disaster. In such cases, they will want to avoid downtime and have the VM in a ready-to-use format so that their ...
Configuring Hyper-V VM Replication
Hyper-V replication allows you to create a copy of virtual machines (VMs) from one Hyper-V host to another, ensuring data redundancy and business continuity. This replication feature provides near real-time protection, enabling quick recovery in case ...
Configuring VMware VM Replication
BDRShield offers VMware Replication, a feature with which you can replicate your VMs and create an exact copy of the production VM on another vCenter Server/ESXi host. The VMs that are replicated to the target host will be synchronized with the VM ...
VMware Failover
If your primary server/VM has crashed due to a disaster, switch over to the replicated VM to continue with production. When your source machine is down, you can use the Failover process to switch the operations from the source VM to its replica in ...
File Level Recovery
If you require only specific files and folders to work, recover those particular files and folders alone to your source VM using File-Level Recovery. Procedure From the VM Replication tab select Failover and Failback option. Click the Restore icon ...
Managing VM Replication Jobs
Once you have configured a replication job, you will be redirected to the List VM Replication Jobs page or select the VM Replication tab and click the List VM Replication Jobs option. This page acts as a central hub to all the replication jobs and ...
Configuring VM Replication Window
You can configure backup settings by navigating through VM Replication-> Configure VM Replication Settings->VM Replication Window Configure a time interval during which the backups should not run. All the backup jobs running at the beginning of the ...
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