For NutanixDisaster Recovery (DR) protection policies, thefirst stepis to establish a connection between the Production cluster and the DR site, which is done by creating anAvailability Zone (AZ) (Option B). * Availability Zones (AZs) define remote sites for replicationand are a requirement for configuring protection domains and disaster recovery plans. * Option A (Installing NGT)is not necessary for setting up replication but is useful for application- consistent snapshots. * Option C (Converting the source cluster to AHV)is not required, as Nutanix supports cross- hypervisor DR betweenESXi and AHV. * Option D (Creating a point-in-time snapshot)is a later step after setting up theAvailability Zone and Protection Policy. References: * Nutanix Protection Policies and DR Documentation * Nutanix Bible #Disaster Recovery Planning * Nutanix Support KB #Configuring Availability Zones in Prism Central
