Is Hyper-V Replica free?

Hyper-V Replica is a free in-built feature in Hyper-V 3.0 for disaster recovery. It contributes to your disaster recovery strategy by creating a copy of the production virtual machine to a replica Hyper-V host.

How do you replicate in Hyper-V?

Do the following on each virtual machine you want to replicate: In the Details pane of Hyper-V Manager, select a virtual machine by clicking it. Right-click the selected virtual machine and click Enable Replication to open the Enable Replication wizard. On the Before you Begin page, click Next.

Does Hyper-V support cloning?

Unlike VMWare, Hyper-V has not got a built-in feature to clone virtual machines (cloning is available only in Virtual Machine Manager). To create a full copy of an existing VM, you will have to use the import and export features of Hyper-V.

What is the difference between the Hyper-V replica and a Hyper-V clustering?

Unlike Hyper-V clustering, where one running VM is located on shared storage and accessed by two Hyper-V hosts, Hyper-V replication uses two VM instances (a primary running VM and a VM replica that is in powered-off state during normal operation) located on the own storage of hosts (local storage, SAN, or NAS).

What is Hyper-V Replica Broker?

The Replica Broker manages the replication operations for virtual machines either coming from/to Hyper-V Clusters or both. The Hyper-V Replica Broker is enabled at the Hyper-V Cluster level by using the High Availability Wizard.

What is Hyper-V Replica?

Hyper-V Replica is a free disaster recovery tool in Hyper-V 3.0 that creates and maintains copies of virtual machines (VMs ). In the event of a catastrophic loss, an administrator can failover to the replica VMs and provide business continuity. The replication process involves a primary host and a secondary host.

What is Hyper-V SCVMM?

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) is a management tool for Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization platform. It is part of Microsoft’s System Center product suite, which also includes Configuration Manager and Operations Manager, among other tools.

What is Hyper V Replica Broker?