Hi all,
Forgive the wordy title, I'm tired an can't think of a proper title :P
I have a question I hope someone could answer about Hyper V replica. When you setup replication on the source Host, you can choose to send the initial replica over removable storage, in our case, an External HDD. Once the initial replica is created, I see that the Host begins sending changes to the target server after it's 5min cycle. On the target side I see it receiving changes. This to me looks like its simply sending changes after the replication is enabled, and will use the initial replica to "Fill the gaps," if you would. However If you go to the VHD you're replicating, I see it's associated HRL file doesn't get any smaller, it just keeps growing.
Whats going on here? Is it simply keeping them unit it can verify the initial replica has imported? Is it still going to try and replicate that entire HRL?