Chapter 6

Advanced Features

The HyperFlex HX Data Platform disaster recovery feature allows you to protect virtual machines (VMs) by setting up replication so that protected virtual machines running on one cluster replicate to the other cluster in a pair of network-connected clusters and vice versa. The two paired clusters typically are located at a distance from each other, with each cluster serving as the disaster recovery site for virtual machines running on the other cluster. Once protection has been set up on a VM, the HX Data Platform periodically takes a replication snapshot of the running VM on the local cluster and replicates (copies) the snapshot to the paired remote cluster. In the event of a disaster at the local cluster, you can ...

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