Esx Replication [2021] -

For environments requiring automated failover, failback, and non‑disruptive DR testing, pair VR with . For simple off‑site copies without orchestration, standalone vSphere Replication suffices. Document version 1.0 – Valid for vSphere 7.x & 8.x

1. Overview vSphere Replication (VR) is a hypervisor-based asynchronous replication solution embedded into VMware vCenter Server. Unlike storage-based replication, it operates at the virtual machine (VM) disk level (VMDK), enabling granular replication of individual VMs across ESXi hosts, clusters, or even geographically separate vCenter instances.