Hello,
We're currently looking at implementing a SRM solution between or Production and DR sites.
- Currently in our VMware 5.1 environment our ESXi clusters are hooked up to an IBM XIV Gen II via 8GB Fibre Channel.
- Our two sites are connected via an MPLS link.
- We do not have any SAN switches capable of FC routing or FCIP, and we're not in a position to buy any.
Provided that we have Vcenters and Storage available at both sites can we still replicate VMs over the MPLS link via SRM 5's Hypervisor Replication?
Can someone please breifly explain to me what protocol or process exactly SRM is using to replicate VMs if it's not storage level: ie FCIP, iSCSI, NFS, etc. ?
Is SRM Hypervisor Replication essentially "VSphere Replication" without the automation, testing, additional functionality etc ?
Thanks!