Today’s the day! World Backup Day!
There used to be a saying, only two things in life are certain. Death and Taxes. Well, this is the computer age. Add hard disk failure and data loss to the list!
Hyper-V
Enable Hyper-V replication between two workgroup servers
Hyper-V replication is an essential ‘server availability’ tool for any organization. Whilst it is not a substitute for good backups; it will allow you to restore an up-to-date copy of your virtual servers very quickly, should your primary host hardware fail.
In this tutorial, i have built two Windows 2012 R2 servers using a pair of old Dell Optiplex 580’s (AMD Phenom CPU, upgraded to 8GB RAM each), and a single 8 port Netgear GB switch.
The Primary server name is: Truro
The Secondary server name is: Exeter
Lets get started…
