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Veeam backup and replication for Disaster Recovery

General notes

Veeam backup and replication can be used for Hyper-V and VMware
Veeam replication comes with the license of Veeam backup. 
Veeam backup and replication Community Edition is free and can support up to 10 VM

Veeam backup and replication

You can create VM replicas with Veeam Backup & Replication. When you replicate a VM, Veeam Backup & Replication creates an exact copy of the VM in the native VMware vSphere format on a spare host and maintains this copy in sync with the original VM.

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https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/replication.html?ver=100

IP address assignment 

If you use different network and IP schemes in production and DR sites, in the common case you would need to change the network configuration of a VM replica before you fail over to it. To eliminate the need for manual replica reconfiguration and ensure minimum failover downtime, Veeam Backup & Replication offers possibilities of network mapping and automatic IP address transformation.

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/backup/vsphere/network_mapping.html?ver=100

Replica Failover and Failback

In case of software or hardware malfunction, you can quickly recover a corrupted VM by failing over to its replica. When you perform failover, a replicated VM takes over the role of the original VM. You can fail over to the latest state of a replica or to any of its good known restore points.

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