I have scoured everywhere for more details on this.. and find NOTHING anywhere.. oh wait, I found this statement in a VMware KB2041909 that was updated Dec 28, 2016:
"vSphere Replication does not support quiescing for Linux"
Can someone from VMware, or other knowledgeable vExpert, shed light on this...
When reading the release notes of vSphere Replication 6, it actually states the following:
"Linux guest OS quiescing: introducing Linux guest OS quiescing service to provide file-system level crash consistency to replicated Linux-based VMs."
Is it just me, or does the "crash consistency" part of this statement stand out like a soar thumb? I was under the impression that when a snapshot is taken without proper quiescing of the OS it will create a crash consistent image, and when properly quiesced the image becomes transaction consistent..
I did read long time ago that in the VMtools directory you can place files in it that contain your custom scripts to freeze and thaw, is this what this is referring to? but if yes, this isn't new at all, I read this many years ago.. and even now can't find any reference to documentation on it.
Forget the points, beer for anyone who can share some expertise on this one.. but only when you are in Boston, I can't afford to travel to buy you a beer..