Microsoft has announced that it has updated it Capacity Planner for Hyper-V Replica. The Capacity Planner for Hyper-V Replica was first released in May 2013 providing capacity planning for Hyper-V replica on Windows Server 2012. Now the tool has been updated to support Winodws Server 2012 R2. The Capacity Planner for Hyper-V Replica allows administrators to plan their Hyper-V Replica deployments based on the workload, storage, network, and server characteristics.
The tool provides the following new features:
- Added support for Windows Server 2012 R2
- Extended Replication support
- Support for virtual disks placed on NTFS, CSVFS, and SMB shares
- Monitoring of multiple standalone hosts simultaneously
- Improved performance and scale – up to 100 VMs in parallel
- Replica site input is optional – for those still in the planning stage of a DR strategy
- Report improvements
- Improved guidance in documentation
- Improved workflow and user experience