In each design, the protection of infrastructure is important to ensure all services are available with, but a working strategy to quickly recover vSphere components is needed in case of failure.

If the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) installed in your virtual infrastructure fails, advanced features available in vSphere can't be used without vCenter Server. You won't be able to provide services such as vMotion, DRS, HA, FT, and Update Manager, just to mention a few.

This chapter will walk through the configuration and management of some solutions, such as VMware Data Protection and vSphere Replication, to limit service disruption and enable failed components to be quickly restored.