vcenter HA/cluster options for physical vcenter servers at different sites?

[swspjcd]

We have 2 sites, A and B. Both sites have ESX clusters and both are being controlled by a physical vcenter server at site A right now. We need another vcenter server at site B that will provide failover if the vcenter server at site A goes offline or it powered off. I have read through the options and they all reference virtual vcenter servers. Are there any options to have a vcenter server at site A have a failover vcenter server at site B that both can control ESX hosts at site A and B if both are physical vcenter servers and do not share any storage. They are also in different networks. This is all for vsphere 6.x.

[rcporto]

First, a vSphere ESXi host cannot be managed by more than one vCenter at time... this way you will need a clustered vCenter Server instance, but without shared storage you will not able to do this... and the old vCenter Server Heartbeat product is not available anymore.

A solution for your scenario, is have two vCenter Server, with each vCenter managing the local vSphere ESXi hosts and vCenter Site Recovery Manager to orchestrate the failover of virtual machine in case of site failure.