VMs in Replica Server (Win 2012)

Hi,

We are in the process of buying 2 servers to consolidate our existing physical servers and saw the Hyper-V Replica feature in Win 2012.

I'm thinking of buying two new servers (one primary and one Replica) and install them next to each other. Once everything is running and the replication properly setup, do I have to manually start the VMs in the Replica Server in case the Primary goes down?

I would assume that Primary-Replica Servers replication would mean that exact replicas are created in the Replica Server e.g. Virtual Machine as well as the VHDX, and I don't have to create VM in Replica Server.

Thanks.