description Cutover Overview
Cutover is a Zerto disaster recovery solution that replicates virtual machines to a secondary site in real-time, enabling rapid failover and minimal downtime upon primary server failure or planned maintenance events.
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What is Cutover in Zerto disaster recovery?
Cutover is a Zerto recovery operation used to move workloads to a secondary site, often during planned maintenance or a controlled transition. It is different from an emergency failover, where the primary site has already failed.
How does Zerto replicate virtual machines?
Zerto replicates changes from protected virtual machines to a recovery site in near real time. The recovery point objective depends on the environment, network, workload, and configured protection settings.
Can Cutover reduce downtime during maintenance?
Yes, a planned cutover can move workloads in a controlled way while reducing service interruption compared with shutting down and rebuilding systems manually. Operators still need to validate application dependencies and the target site's readiness.
What is the difference between Cutover and failover?
Cutover is generally a planned transition, while failover is used when the primary site is unavailable or at risk. Both move workloads to recovery infrastructure, but their validation and operational goals are different.
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