A VPG is the core unit of replication in Zerto. It groups one or more VMs together and replicates them as a set from a protected site to a recovery site.

Key properties

PropertyDescription
Protected VMsThe VMs being replicated
Protected siteWhere the VMs currently live
Recovery siteWhere the replicated copies go
ZORGThe Zerto Organisation the VPG belongs to
JournalStores point-in-time history for recovery
VRAThe agent on each ESXi host that does the actual replication
RPORecovery Point Objective — how far back you can recover to

VPG states to know

  • Meeting SLA — healthy, replicating normally
  • Not meeting SLA — journal is too full or replication is behind
  • VPG outside of ZORG — resources aren’t assigned to the correct ZORG