6.3 L2VPN with vSphere Replication
In this scenario, vSphere Replication is used to migrate workloads from on premises to the VMware Cloud Provider. This scenario can leverage existing plans for vSphere Replication in a disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) model. Using vSphere Replication as the migration tool is helpful in situations where network connectivity bandwidth and latency does not fit the requirements for long-distance vSphere vMotion operations, but is sufficient for ongoing replication of VM data.
Figure 11. L2VPN with vSphere Replication
Replication can occur while the VMs are active in the on-premises location. After replication is complete, a maintenance window can be scheduled to cut over to the replicated instance of the workloads in the VMware Cloud Provider Program hosted environment. As with the previous scenarios, joining both vCenter Server instances to the same SSO domain is optional, but recommended for easier management of the hybrid cloud environments.
