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why not use hyper-v and its replication
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We have a server that is used for check scanning and should it be Non operational we could not function<br />
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We have the option of creating a Disaster Recovery Server. &nbsp;We have the following 2 options on making this work<br />
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We would have to purchase another licence (which is expensive) and the production server would replicate the live data to the DR server at another location. Should the main server be down we would run a script on the computers to point the users to the DR server<br />
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Option #2 &nbsp;We create another server at another location using VM Ware (we have to keep it turned off or offline because we would NOT be purchasing a license and restore from the backup should the production server go down<br />
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If we created the DR &nbsp;server as a virtual server I was told we could keep it up but it would have to be offline<br />
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I am not a VM expert but I need to know if this is possible? If we can do this what would be the advantages\disadvantages of keeping it offline &nbsp;and could it be done if we are ONLY using the free version of VM Ware?
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We have a server that is used for check scanning and should it be Non operational we could not function

We have the option of creating a Disaster Recovery Server.  We have the following 2 options on making this work

We would have to purchase another licence (which is expensive) and the production server would replicate the live data to the DR server at another location. Should the main server be down we would run a script on the computers to point the users to the DR server

Option #2  We create another server at another location using VM Ware (we have to keep it turned off or offline because we would NOT be purchasing a license and restore from the backup should the production server go down

If we created the DR  server as a virtual server I was told we could keep it up but it would have to be offline

I am not a VM expert but I need to know if this is possible? If we can do this what would be the advantages\disadvantages of keeping it offline  and could it be done if we are ONLY using the free version of VM Ware?

Virtual Server Offline

A server is a computer program or a machine that waits for requests from other machines or software (clients) and responds to them. This architecture is called the client–server model. The clients may run on the same computer or may connect to the server over a network. The purpose of a server is to share data or hardware and software resources among clients. Typical computing servers are database servers, file servers, mail servers, print servers, web servers, game servers, and application servers.

Server Software

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.

VMware

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.