Utilizing Hyper-V Replica for Site-to-Site Redundancy
New to Windows 2012 Hyper-V is the ability to do a Hyper-V replica from one Hyper-V host server to another. A Hyper-V replica trickles changes of Hyper-V guest sessions from one host to another so that if the primary (source) Hyper-V fails or needs to be brought offline, the secondary (destination) Hyper-V guest session can be brought online. Unlike a live migration where there are two hosts and one VHDX virtual guest session file, in Hyper-V replicas, there are two hosts and two VHDX virtual guest session files, and information replicates from source to destination.
Hyper-V Replica is a great solution for a cross-datacenter environment in two separate locations, effectively “disaster recovery” ...
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