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We performed a comparison between Veritas System Recovery and VMware SRM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Disaster Recovery (DR) Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed VMware SRM vs. Veritas System Recovery Report (Updated: March 2024).
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"You can back up the whole image.""It has a user-friendly interface.""The solution captures the system state, so when we restore the system, it will be restored to the state it was in at the time of the backup.""Offers good recovery quickly.""The solution has helped reduce my company's cost by around 50 to 60 percent.""With Veritas System Recovery, we have the option to run an infinite number of full backups according to our requirements.""The installation was straightforward."

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"It eliminates the need for complex compliance requirements, making it a highly effective solution.""The solution runs well in the background, just in case we need it.""The stability of SRM has been excellent. It gets a nine-out-of-ten.""VMware's tech support gets a nine-out-of-ten. They are responsive and get you a useful reply.""My impression is that the initial setup process is relatively straightforward.""The most valuable features are the disaster recovery and testing.""The most valuable feature is the automation, where you press a button and everything fails over seamlessly.""I like how VMware SRM is able to automate and orchestrate disaster recovery."

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Cons
"The reliability is sometimes lacking.""The pricing could be cheaper.""Lacks the ability to protect the database snapshot.""It needs an easier interface.""Veritas System Recovery’s pricing and local support need some improvement.""The product's integration capabilities are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required.""Veritas System Recovery Manager offers some manager solutions, but there is room for improvement.""We faced issues with recovery and restoration."

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"The product's stability could be better.""The initial setup of VMware SRM isn't straightforward because many customizations are required since it helps in the recovery of your IT environment.""I would like to see this solution be more scalable.""Lacks stability and as a result requires continuous monitoring.""We've had configuration issues on occasion. We start to fail over, and then we have to call it off because the configuration is not right, or the data stores aren't configured correctly in the secondary data center. Oftentimes, it is just the experience level of the team, and we have to bring in the vendor to help and validate our configuration.""It would be good if this solution could integrate configuration management software such as Chef Infra.""What I think can be improved is the data replication aspect.""The back sites sometimes are very, very complicated."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "My company has to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. There is no need to pay any additional fees apart from the licensing costs attached to the solution."
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  • "Compare to hardware-based replication, I think software based replication is best and cheap."
  • "Licensing costs explode after 75 VMs."
  • "The price of this solution is on the expensive side."
  • "The cost of SRM is a little bit high, especially for smaller companies."
  • "The cost of SRM is on par with market rates."
  • "The licensing costs are increasing."
  • "It is about $3,000 a year for the 25 pack. The package gives you the ability to protect up to 25 virtual machines."
  • "There is an annual license to use this solution."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution has helped reduce my company's cost by around 50 to 60 percent.
    Top Answer:I don't see any scope for improvement in the product since it is a well-established solution. My company has not faced any production-related issues with Veritas System Recovery, as it has stayed… more »
    Top Answer:I use the solution for daily backup and the restoration of backup files.
    Top Answer:I rate the product price a five to six on a scale of one to ten, where one is a very high price, and ten is a very low price.
    Top Answer:The solution must provide better integration with third-party vendors.
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    Also Known As
    Veritas System Recovery 18, System Recovery 18, System Recovery
    VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager
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    Overview

    Veritas System Recovery 18 delivers superior backup and disaster recovery for servers, desktops, and laptops with a single unified solution that enables businesses to recover from downtime or disasters in minutes. With patented Restore Anyware technology, IT administrators can rapidly restore exactly what they need, when and where they need it - including entire physical and virtual machines to bare metal or dissimilar hardware as well as files, folders, and granular application objects. Unlike other technologies, Veritas System Recovery also provides cross-platform Physical to-Virtual (P2V), Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V), and Virtual to-Physical (V2P) recoveries, making it the perfect complement to physical and virtual environments.

    VMware SRM (Site Recovery Manager) is a business continuity and disaster recovery solution that is part of the vSphere virtualization suite. It helps you plan, test, and run the recovery of virtual machines between a protected vCenter Server site and a recovery vCenter Server site. VMware SRM aims to minimize data loss and system downtime by letting you automate backups and orchestrate the recovery of entire VMware storage systems. VMware SRM is offered on-premises and on the AWS cloud.

    VMware SRM is most commonly used for:

    • Disaster recovery
    • Disaster avoidance
    • Data center migrations
    • Site-level load balancing
    • Maintenance testing for enterprise applications

    As a disaster recovery tool, VMware SRM:

    • Provides replication technology.
    • Supports policy-based management of backup programs.
    • Lets you run non-disruptive testing of disaster recovery plans.

    VMware SRM Key Features

    Some of VMware SRM’s key features include:
    Good scalability and stability, fast and reliable recovery, automated orchestration workflows, automated recovery of network and security settings, non-disruptive recovery testing, orchestrated cross-vCenter vMotion, stretched storage support, and self-service provisioning.

    VMware SRM Benefits

    The main benefits of using VMware SRM include:

    • Integration: VMware SRM integrates with other VMware technologies and architectures.

    • Non-disruptive testing: VMware SRM allows you to conduct tests during business hours without disruptions.

    • Reduced recovery time: By using automated orchestration workflows, VMware SRM helps to decrease recovery time to just minutes.

    • Automated failback: With automated failback, you can resume business operations as normal very quickly.

    • Extensibility for custom automation: With VMware SRM, you can use the Orchestrator plug-in to build custom automation workflows.

    • Automated network mappings: You can automatically map network settings across the two sites when creating a recovery plan.

    • Eliminate the need to re-configure IP addresses: With VMware SRM’s automated recovery of network and security settings, it is not necessary to e-configure IP addresses on recovered VMs via integration with NSX. Configurations are also reduced post-recovery by implementing security policies.

    • Centralized recovery plans: VMware SRM’s centralized recovery plans help you protect thousands of VM’s and also make it possible to eliminate manual runbooks.

    • Protect investments: With supported replication, VMware SRM helps protect investments and tailor RPOs.

    • Lower TCO: By using VMware SRM, you can lower your TCO and incur lower expenses for disaster recovery.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are reviews from PeerSpot users who are currently using the solution:

    PeerSpot user Eslam E., Senior Solution Architect at ICT Misr, explains his experience using the solution and says that "VMware SRM is very effective between two sites with identical twin storage, you can have synchronization between the two sites."

    A founder at a comms service provider commented on the solution's efficiency, noting, "If you want to do failover, it works without any problem."

    Reviewer Rakesh-P., who is a consultant at Ashtech Infotech (India) Pvt.Ltd., mentions why he finds VMware SRM to be a good product, commenting that “The most valuable feature is disaster recovery testing. The reports are very good.”

    Ahmed F., a consultant at Daniyals Inc, says that the solution doesn’t require a lot of resources and that "The UI is very user-friendly and testing is easy."

    Sample Customers
    Mother's Nutritional Center, Occidental Technical Group
    Acorda Therapeutics, Columbia Sportswear, Mainfreight, Nippon Express, Sin Chew Media, Fisher & Paykel, Siam City Bank
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company14%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Government14%
    Comms Service Provider14%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Government9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business56%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise33%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise63%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise45%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise16%
    Large Enterprise61%
    Buyer's Guide
    VMware SRM vs. Veritas System Recovery
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about VMware SRM vs. Veritas System Recovery and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Veritas System Recovery is ranked 21st in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 7 reviews while VMware SRM is ranked 6th in Disaster Recovery (DR) Software with 69 reviews. Veritas System Recovery is rated 7.8, while VMware SRM is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Veritas System Recovery writes "The solution can be used for DR testing and allows running an infinite number of full backups". On the other hand, the top reviewer of VMware SRM writes "A scalable solution that integrates well with the VMware platform, but its platform agnostics do not support on-cloud usage". Veritas System Recovery is most compared with Veritas Backup Exec, Veritas NetBackup, Veeam Backup & Replication, Acronis Cyber Protect and Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, whereas VMware SRM is most compared with Veeam Backup & Replication, Zerto, Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, Azure Site Recovery and VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery. See our VMware SRM vs. Veritas System Recovery report.

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