The default vSphere Replication Appliance deployed can be referred as ‘vSphere Replication Management Server‘
vSphere Replication Management Server includes components
- To maintain mappings between source and replica virtual machines
- To manage authentication
- To receive replicated data (vSphere Replication Server is the integrated component)
- To support SRM
- To support vCloud Air Disaster Recovery
For smaller deployments the default vSphere Replication Appliance should suffice. If the deployment is large, it is recommended to deploy additional vSphere Replication Server for load balancing needs.
Unlike vSphere Replication Appliance(vSphere Replication Management Server), plain vSphere Replication Server is meant only to receive replicated data and no management components are present. No VRMS service runs inside vSphere Replication Server.
In a vCenter environment there can be upto 10 vSphere Replication virtual appliances
- 1 vSphere Replication Appliance (aka vSphere Replication Management Server)
- 9 vSphere Replication Servers (aka vSphere Replication Server Add-on)
Let me walk through the deployment and configuration of additional vSphere Replication Server (add-on)
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