Introduction

The VMware vCloud® Availability for vCloud Director® solution extends existing hybrid cloud offerings of VMware vCloud AirTM Network service providers on top of VMware vCloud Director with disaster recovery and migration services. vCloud Availability for vCloud Director allows vCloud Director to act as cloud replication endpoint for customer on-premises or co-located VMware vSphere® infrastructures and leverages hardware independent VMware vSphere ReplicationTM technology.

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on how to properly architect and design vCloud Availability for vCloud Director on top of a vCloud Director infrastructure.