DR config: supported?

[wisecra]

We'd like to set this up and need to make sure it's supported and also what exact licensing we need for Veeam backup:

[Please note that one site has ESXi, one site has ESX]

Main Site:
- One VMware ESXi server
- Two socket
- 4 VMs

Remote Site:
- One VMware ESX server
- One socket
- 2 VMs

+ We want to REPLICATE the 4 VMs from the main site to the remote site. The SOURCE would be ESXi, the DESTINATION would be ESX.

Reading the forums, this appears to be supported. Would we need a one socket or two socket license?
TIA!

[Gostev]

Hello - yes, this config is supported, and you need 3 socket license since both source and target servers are licensed for replication.

Thank you!

[wisecra]

@Gostev - Thanks for the quick response! Also for the 'right' response.

I understand that you don't/can't reveal detailed future plans, but I'll ask this in a way that I hope you can answer.

You've indicated in other posts that replication with ESXi as the TARGET is planned for a future release. For planning purposes, can you give me an idea (even via a private email) on how future that is? months? quarters? years? decades?

More directly - It'd be really perfect for me if it was introduced by august or september, 2009. Is that realistic?

Again, TIA!

[Gostev]

ESXi replication is one of the top priority features for us at the moment.
But since you gave me an option, I choose to PM you the answer and related question.