In some examples, a duster comprises peer nodes and a distributed data store implemented across the peer nodes, a method of remote linking of data objects for data transfer between a first node cluster and a second node cluster among the peer nodes; the method comprising: creating a data object group including multiple remote data objects, wherein a plurality of remote data objects in the data object group represent a same first virtual machine and are registrable on at least the first and second node clusters of the peer DMS nodes; creating or identifying remote links to a plurality of the remote data objects in the data object group; designating a member of the data object group as an active member of the group; and assigning a task to the active member to be completed using remote links.