#VCP Is a replication solution integrated into vCenter that can be enabled to allow for automated replication to another site. vSphere replication can be configured for frequency, retention and bandwith utilization to be configured appropriately to your organizations demand. ## Recovery Point Objective determines the maximum data loss that you can tolerate. For example if you set the RPO to 15 minutes, you are telling vSphere replication that the maximum time difference between a VM and it's replica should be 15 minutes, meaning that the replication sync must be finished before reaching this threshold. The latest replication instance never reflects a state that is older than the configured 15 minutes.  >You set the RPO to 15 minutes. If the synchronization starts at 12:00 and it takes five minutes to transfer to the target site, the instance becomes available on the target site at 12:05, but it reflects the state of the virtual machine at 12:00. The next synchronization can start no later than 12:10. This replication instance is then available at 12:15 when the first replication instance that started at 12:00 expires.  >- https://docs.vmware.com/en/vSphere-Replication/9.0/administration-guide/GUID-84FAF645-1C65-413D-A89B-70DBA0990631.html    The replication scheduler tries to statisfy these constraints by overlapping replications.  It also determines the replication transfer time using the last few instances. vSphere replication will warn you that the replication status is not ok, until it statisfies the RPO schedule and does not report a violation. 5 minute RPO can be set when the following requirements are met: - VMFS 5.0 or later - NFS3 or later - vVol - vSAN 6.2 Update 3 or later - ESXi 6.5 or later - maximum of 500 VMs on VMFS/NFS - maximum of 50 VMs on vVol - not supported when OS quiescing option is selected ## 🔗Resources https://docs.vmware.com/en/vSphere-Replication/9.0/administration-guide/GUID-84FAF645-1C65-413D-A89B-70DBA0990631.html