The vSphere Replication appliance includes a vSphere Replication server. However, you might need to deploy multiple vSphere Replication servers to meet your load balancing needs.
You can deploy multiple vSphere Replication servers to route traffic from source hosts to target datastores without traveling between different sites managed by the same vCenter Server.
For information about the loads that a vSphere Replication management server and a vSphere Replication server can support, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2034768.
Prerequisites
- Deploy vSphere Replication appliances on the source and target sites.
- Deploy vSphere Replication servers on a network that allows them to communicate with the vSphere Replication appliances on the source and target sites.
- Verify that the vSphere Replication servers can communicate with the ESXi Server instances on the source site that hosts the replicated virtual machines.
Procedure
What to do next
When the OVF file has deployed, register the vSphere Replication server with the vSphere Replication appliance.