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Protect Hyper-V workloads with AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

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This article provides a comprehensive guide on how to protect and recover Microsoft Hyper-V workloads running in an on-premises data center using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS).

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Setting up AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery and configuring the replication and launch settings
  • Installing the AWS Replication Agent on the on-premises Hyper-V Windows VM to enable replication
  • Initiating a recovery of the Hyper-V VM to AWS in the event of a disaster
  • Validating the recovered instance in AWS
  • Performing a failback of the recovered VM from AWS back to the on-premises Hyper-V environment
  • Conclusion highlighting the benefits of using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery for achieving rapid recovery and minimizing downtime and data loss


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