The following chapter provides an overview and a set of guidelines regarding vCenter server deployment topologies and their corresponding High Availability options. We will discuss the different options and compare their strengths and weaknesses. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- vSphere vMotion, Storage vMotion, DRS, and DPM
- vSphere fault tolerance and High Availability and CPU/memory reservations
- vSphere Metro Storage Cluster and VM-to-VM affinity rules
- vSphere replication and vSphere data protection for backup
- VMware DC migration/relocation plan (pre-migration activity and checklist)
