Replicating virtual machines across different virtualization platforms

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer readable program code for replicating virtual machines between a first server and a second server connected in a network, wherein the first server has executing therein a first virtual machine with a plurality of virtual, the computer readable program code comprising:

• instructions to transmit the virtual disks of the first virtual machine to the second server, wherein each transmitted virtual disk corresponds to one of a plurality of virtual disks of a second virtual machine, and wherein the virtual disks of the first virtual machine have a first format and the virtual disks of the second virtual machine have a second;
• instructions to capture a plurality of updates to the virtual disks of the first virtual machine;
• instructions to identify contiguous data blocks in the virtual disks of the first virtual machine that are subject to the captured updates;
• and
• instructions to transmit the identified contiguous data blocks to the second server for storage in the virtual disks of the second virtual machine.

A virtualized computing system configured to replicate virtual machines, comprising:

• a first computer server connected to a first storage unit;
• a second computer server connected to a second storage unit;
• a management server;
• and
• a network that connects the first computer server, the second computer server, and the management server, wherein the virtualized computing system is configured to:
• transmit virtual disks of a first virtual machine executing on the first computer server to the second server, wherein each transmitted virtual disk corresponds to one of a plurality of virtual disks of a second virtual machine, and wherein the virtual disks of the first virtual machine have a first format and the virtual disks of the second virtual machine have a second;
• capture a plurality of updates to virtual disks of the first virtual machine;
• identify contiguous data blocks in the virtual disks of the first virtual machine that are subject to the captured updates;
• and
• transmit the identified contiguous data blocks to the second server for storage in the virtual disks of the second virtual machine.