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Hyper V Replication

This document provides steps for configuring Hyper-V replication between two Hyper-V hosts. It describes setting up a dedicated replication network, enabling replication settings on each host including live migration and Kerberos authentication, enabling replication on VMs by selecting replication frequency and destination server, and performing planned failovers, test failovers, and reversing replication direction.

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Hyper V Replication

This document provides steps for configuring Hyper-V replication between two Hyper-V hosts. It describes setting up a dedicated replication network, enabling replication settings on each host including live migration and Kerberos authentication, enabling replication on VMs by selecting replication frequency and destination server, and performing planned failovers, test failovers, and reversing replication direction.

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Server 2012 R2

Hyper-V
ReplicationStep By Step

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Initial configuration for Hyper-v Replication


Since its recommend to use sepereate network for replication, we are going to configure dedicated
network on Hyper-v server for replication
There is a one network adapter dedicated for Hyper-v replication on each host. Its configured on
192.168.10.0/24 subnet.

Conigure Hyper-v replication settings on each hsot


Open Hyper-V manager > Click on Hyper-V Settings

Click on Live Migrations

Select the Enable Incoming and outgoing live migrations check box

Assign the simultaneous live migrations(by default its 2)


Select Use These IP address for live migration > Click on Add > Add the replication network
subnet(In this lab guide its 192.168.10.0/24)

Select Advanced Features under Live Migrations > Select Use Kerberos as Authenticatio protocol
*Kerberos is more secure than CredSSP

Click on Apply and OK

*These settings should be done for both Hyper-V hosts

Enable Replication on Hyper-v Host

Open Hyper-V manager > Hyper-V settings > Select Replication Configuration > Select Enable this
computer as a Replica Server

Select Use Kerberos(HTTP) > Select Allow repliction from any authenticate server > Assign a
location for replicate the VMS

2.Enable replication on VM
Right click on the VM > Select Enable Replication

Click on Next

Select the destination server

Click on Next

If we want we can exclude the hard disks from replication


Click on Next

Select the replication frequency(There are trhee options.30 Seconds,5 Minutes and 15 Minutes)

Click on Next

Select Send initial copy over the network

In a WAN enviorement we can use Send initial copy using external media and send vm using external
drive

Click on Finish

Now initial replication is sending over the network

View Replication Health


Right click on the VM > Select Replictation >

Select View Replication Health

Planned failover
Planned failover option is aviilable on primary host and we can perform this active when we are having
some planned downtime, maintaince work on primary site or primary host.
To perform planned failover the priamry virtual machine should be in a power off mode

How to perform planned failover


Right click on the vm > Select Replication > Select Planned Failver

Select Fail Over

Now virtual machine running on the destination host

Cancle Failover
Cancle failover active is initialted to cancle the failover process and is available to be performed on
Replica virtual machine

How to perform Cancle Failover


Right click on the virtual machine > Select Replication Select Cancle Failover

Select Yes for continue the cancle replication, in this process data will be loss after the failover
operation started

Test Failover
This action can be perform on a replica virtual machine and this will allow us to ensure the replica
macihne can run online in case of a disaster with the primary virtual machine

How to perform Test Failover


Open the Hyper-V manager on destination server

Right click on the replica VM > Select Test Failover

Click on Test Failover.This process will create a new virtual machine based on the revoery point

*Once we test the process we can delete the virtual machine.

Reverse Replication
This action can only be performed at the Replica Virtual Machine. This action is performed to reverse
replicate from Replica to Primary Server
How to perform reverse replication
Open hyper-v manager on destinatio server or where we have performed planned/unplanned failover
Right click on the virtual machine > Select Replication >Select Reverse Replication

Click on Next

Select the server and click on Next

Click on Next

Click on Next

Click on Next

Click on Finish

Then user can remove the revoery points from primary server

Remove Replication
How to perform Remove Replication
Open Hyper-v manager consoel > Right click on the VM >

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