This page describes a basic environment that is suitable for testing Zerto with Abiquo. This page is a quick guide only and you should always consult the Zerto documentation.
You can find full instructions in the Zerto Documentation, which was linked at the time of writing.
We configured a test environment following the Architecture diagram from the Installation guide at the time of writing.
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The following configuration is for a test environment only and we recommend that you configure your firewall and ports and communications according to the Zerto documentation.
Windows 2019 - Zerto 01A is attached to the standard network ZNET.
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After this, you can create Virtual Protection Groups (VPGs).
Zerto journal configuration
In your test environment, you should consider that replicating VMs may require a large amount of datastore space. Abiquo sets a default journal history of 24 hours, which you can adjust directly in Zerto. Another setting that may be useful in a test environment is the journal size hard limit that you can also set in Zerto.
For more details, see https://www.zerto.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/ZVR-Journal-Overview.pdf.