Hi guys,
I've been asked for my opinion and honestly, I don't have one due to my lack of experience with vSphere Replication; so I thought I would ask you for yours please.
I understand that application level quiescing requires either Windows 2008 Server or Windows 8 Server. The 'Introduction to vSphere Replication' document states that VSS quiescing should work with applications such as SQL Server or Exchange. But what are peoples thoughts and/or experiences with VSS quiescing for applications like SQL, Exchange and AD? Has the replicated data been consistent when recovered at the DR site? Do the database writers get flushed correctly/as expected?
Basically, does it work well and has anyone had any issues or problems with replicated transactional based data? Is it suitable for purpose?
Also, I presume that if one were to have issues with say SQL on a recovered virtual machine, that this wouldn't be supported by Microsoft? Since VMware Tools only invokes VSS I wouldn't see any reason why not?
Thanks for your time and hope to hear back with your thoughts/opinions!
Cheers... 