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This section describes how Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery is deployed and replicates data from the production system that is deployed on a two-layer PowerFlex cluster. In this solution, Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery Vault is deployed in the VMware ESXi.
Note: The solution is validated in the engineering lab for on-premises configuration using two-layer PowerFlex system with VMware vSphere environment, but the reference architecture and the best practices that are demonstrated in this white paper are applicable to both virtualized and bare metal configurations and other PowerFlex family products.