Recommended Installation Best Practices
Zerto recommends the following best practices:
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Install Zerto on a dedicated virtual machine with a dedicated administrator account and with VMware high availability (HA) enabled, and no other applications installed on this machine, and especially not on the machine running the vCenter Server service. If other applications are installed, the Zerto Virtual Manager service must receive enough resources and HA must remain enabled. |
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Install a VRA on every host in a cluster so that if protected virtual machines are moved from one host to another, there is always a VRA to protect the moved virtual machines. |
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Install VRAs using static IP addresses and not DHCP. |
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Prepare an administrator account for the machine where Zerto is installed. |
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You must excludethe following folders from antivirus scanning: |
| Zerto Virtual Replication |
| %ProgramData%\Zerto\Data\zvm_db.mdf |
| C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Zerto.Zvm.Service.exe |
| C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Zerto.Vba.VbaService.exe |
| C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Zerto Online Services Connector\Zerto.Online.Services.Connector.exe |
| C:\Program Files\Zerto\Zerto Virtual Replication\Embedded DB Manager Service\Zerto.LocalDbInstanceManagerService.exe |
Important: Failure to exclude these folders from antivirus scanning may lead to the Zerto Virtual Replication folder being incorrectly identified as a threat and in some circumstances corrupt the Zerto Virtual Replication folder.
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Synchronize the clocks on the machines where Zerto is installed using NTP. |