Hyper-V Replication versus Exchange DAG
Hi Guys,
I would like to setup replication and recovery for an Exchange 2016 server running on VM (Hyper-V).
The two options I am currently investigating is setting up
1. Hyper-V Replication to another site (VM), or
2. MS Exchange DAG to another site
Has anyone perhaps explored or setup both options, and which works the best as a long term solution?
I would like to setup replication and recovery for an Exchange 2016 server running on VM (Hyper-V).
The two options I am currently investigating is setting up
1. Hyper-V Replication to another site (VM), or
2. MS Exchange DAG to another site
Has anyone perhaps explored or setup both options, and which works the best as a long term solution?
Exchange does not support the VM replication, so the best option would be to have the DA extended to different site
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2. MS Exchange DAG to another site
2. MS Exchange DAG to another site
Products that include their own DR functionality / replication capabilities are not supported for Hyper-V replica. This includes Exchange (because of DAGs), Active Directory (DCs; because this is a multi-master model to begin with), and SQL server (because of SQL replication). While you CAN replicate with Hyper-V Replica, it can result in data loss as Hyper-V replica's best replication frequency is 15 seconds as Philip states. Generally, I would only do this in small environments and explain the pitfalls of doing so (the potential for data loss). Hyper-V replica is better than nothing especially in low budget environments that cannot afford the additional hardware and software licenses to do it properly. But again, understand the potential for data loss.