The VMware vCloud® Availability for vCloud Director® solution extends existing hybrid cloud offerings of VMware Cloud Providers™ on top of VMware vCloud Director with disaster recovery and migration services. vCloud Availability for vCloud Director allows vCloud Director to act as cloud replication endpoint for customer on-premises or co-located VMware vSphere® infrastructures and leverages hardware independent VMware vSphere Replication™ technology.

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on how to properly architect and design vCloud Availability for vCloud Director on top of a vCloud Director infrastructure.