Hotlink DR Express is an innovative solution from Hotlink and which allows tight integration with VMware vSphere to offer DR to the cloud – to Amazon AWS (Amazon Web Services). Many VMware admins or IT engineers working for small shops aren't willing to use cloud as their primary data center for their workflows, but having the possibility to have DR site in the cloud fits their scenarios. Having the possibility to fail over to the clouds their mission critical VMs automatically, then this is really something.
Hotlink DR Express is a product that integrates as a plugin to the vSphere client and allows automatic DR With single pane of glass you now can manage your VMs at your local datacenter, and at the same time manage DR plans for your company. HotLink DR Express extends VMware vCenter to your Amazon DR/BC site, so VMs restored at Amazon AWS are fully manageable using your existing vSphere client console.
Hotlink is certainly an innovative company as it's the only one allowing to move VMs between different types of hypervisors, as they do have product called Hotlink Supervisor. Hotlink is certainly a company to watch during this year's VMworld.
Hotlink DR Express – The Features
- Extend VMware vCenter to include DR/BC
- Restore operations in AWS in minutes
- Automate DR/BC site setup & maintenance
- Test & validate the DR/BC site easily
- Manage your DR/BC site with vCenter
- Recover VMs on-premise automatically
The 6 steps you need to do to configure Hotlink DR Express – See the video.
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