Application-aware replication

[champ_]

Hello,

Is it necassery to choose application-aware (SQL) when doing replication?
The customer is using local sql dumps instead of using Veeam handling this (believe I have tried to convince them....), so they have deselected application-aware (SQL) on the Veeam backup job.

They customer also has a large replica metadata folder after changing Vcenter server. Is the easiest/simpliest way just to delete all the data inside the folder and make the replication job recreate the metadata?

Regards

Roger

[veremin]

Is it necassery to choose application-aware (SQL) when doing replication?

Without it VM will be in crash-consistent state, as if power outage happened. However, SQL handles such situations pretty well, and since you're also taking dumps of it I don't think yo have to worry.

Is the easiest/simpliest way just to delete all the data inside the folder and make the replication job recreate the metadata?

Right. You can delete it, it should be recreated during next replica cycle.

Thanks.

[Vitaliy S.]

My 2 cents - replication jobs by default do not touch transaction logs at all, so given that you're doing logs backup via 3rd party tool, you should be fine.