VMware Live Recovery Reviews

We use this product primarily for our DR drills, which you can do quietly during office hours. Sometimes we use it for site migrations or planned outages.

The most valuable feature is disaster recovery testing.

The reports are very good.

The configuration process could be improved.

I have been using VMware SRM for about five years.

This is the most stable solution that I have seen. It is used on a daily basis, although we are only monitoring it intermittently. It monitors our critical workloads in the background.

It is easy to scale VMware SRM.

We have been in touch with technical support once or twice and we are happy with them.

We did not use another solution prior to this one.

The initial setup is simple and it takes approximately four hours to deploy.

There is not much in terms of maintenance and we do not have that role assigned to anybody.

We had an integrator assist us with the implementation.

We went straight to this product without evaluating other options.

This is a product that I would recommend for people with a VMware stack.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

Our primary use case is for the end-users. I work as a VMware software engineer and we have about 50 people using the solution. 

Some of its valuable features are that it's easy to use and the interface is quite simple as well. It's really a reliable and a good product.

Cost is definitely an area where the product could be improved, I'd definitely say it should have cheaper pricing.

Definitely the product could be faster and of course in IT everything is about pricing. 

We've been using the product for the past year. 

VMware SRM is very reliable and stable. 

The product is very scalable. 

I'm satisfied with the technical support we've received.

The setup is relatively complex because of how we use it so the setup can take some time.

We pay an annual licensing fee for the product. 

I would recommend the product to anyone requiring a disaster recovery process. 

I would rate this product an eight out of 10. 

This disaster recovery solution helps our clients with their mission-critical projects. They are able to maintain business continuity and increase the reliability of their services.

The most valuable feature is the integration with our Nutanix environment. If it didn't have this ability then we may not be using it.

There are sometimes performance issues when working with outside links, and it would be better if this were improved.

You need a lot of knowledge to work with the interface because it is not really easy to use, and it would be great if the dashboard were simplified.

I have been using VMware SRM for approximately two years.

I think that this product is very stable.

I have no issues in mind with respect to scalability or flexibility.

I have not been in contact with technical support. Usually, I get help from the community. The forums and websites are great for getting help.

I don't think that there is another product that serves the purpose that this VMware SRM does. Integration is very important to me, to have the whole environment integrated together in one place. Because of this, I went straight to VMware.

The complexity of the setup depends on the scenario, but some experience is needed for deployment and installation.

Using a consultant to assist with the deployment is common and this is what I recommend to my clients.

I did not evaluate other solutions.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for disaster recovery.

The replication is the solution's most valuable feature. If we have some issues on the VM in the main site we can migrate it to another site automatically. 

The configuration assembly for the VMware is good.

If you have a failover case, you need to work on it manually. It would be helpful if this could be automated. It would simplify things.

The stability of the solution is great. We've tested the system and haven't discovered any bugs.

The solution is very scalable.

Technical support is amazing. They have a great background in VMware issues and engineering.

The initial setup is very straightforward. It's quite simple. However, those that implement it must have some experience in virtualization. In terms of deployment, you can have a demo regarding SRM and need to apply the scenario on it. Afterward, you can apply it to your environment. It's very easy.

I handled the implementation myself.

You need a license for SRM. We have a permanent license. There aren't additional fees if you need access to support. However, you can upgrade to another support tier. If you like, you can pay extra for premium support.

We're using the on-premises deployment model.

I'd recommend the solution. I'd rate it ten out of ten.

VMware failover is our primary use case of DC DR automation. We are integrated with array-based replication.

We had not achieved our RTO before the SRM implementation. But now, we have achieved our RTO for DR drill.

• Array-based integration is the most valuable feature.
• It has a user-friendly dashboard and will use the same vCenter console.

DR drill report is good but needs to be improved, and the replication monitoring feature is not available.

We use it, I and several of my colleagues, as a data recovery solution between VMware environments. It is a complementary solution to EMC solutions, for storage. 

it is a complementary solution to EMC's data recovery solutions, or RecoverPoint. Combined with VMware SRM it offers zero RPO and zero RTO, so it's a good solution for both EMC's Toolkit, and for the customer.

There is zero RPO and zero RTO when combined with the EMC solution called RecoverPoint.

I would like to see better integration with other storage solutions. I would hope to see that within the next two or three years.

I've never had any problem with downtime or the solution not working. The only issues were human errors in configuring it.

Scalability is bigger and better than the competitors.

We have always used VMware solutions because VMware is owned by EMC. So we've only used VMware SRM.

The most important criteria when selecting a vendor are stability, scalability, things that Microsoft had issues with.

It's not entirely straightforward. You have to know what you're doing in order to make it work properly.

Before choosing a cheaper solution, I would advise checking the limitations or boundaries of each solution. Compare VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V and other solutions - maybe open-source - and then see which fits your needs best.

Trying to analyze the feature and functionality of this combined product. SRM is current been used in the production. However, with new DR requirement, we are look for other solutions.

It made the DR process a lot faster and easier for recovery after we were familiar with the product operation.

• vSphere Replication does not take snapshots, although it will keep your snapshots. Site Recovery Manager with SAN Replication does not take snapshots of the VMs, but will take snapshots on the LUNs via the SRA to the storage provider.
• When you perform a failover, the LUNs can be chosen to sync or not, so you do have that option. With vSphere replication, it is the same concept, while it is live. The standalone VR will allow you to choose either.

• SRM may hit some OS issues related to IP changes, but they are usually OS related, especially in the 2008 realm. SRM runs a batch file on the OS through tools that will change the IP stack. If something fails with that, or it hits duplicates or hidden devices, it can cause issues.
• Veeam had some weird issues redoing the Server 2008 VM IPs and this requires a MS hotfix. Apparently, that is an MS issue. Though, SRM does not require any hotfixes.
• One thing which is lacking from the SRM is reporting.

We are evaluating to determine if there are other products which can provide cheaper solutions.

• Ease of management.
• Testing failover capabilities.

Gives us the ability for true DR testing, readiness.

Flexibility to choose different PITs would be nice. Also, ability to give VMs different priority per Recovery Plan would be useful.

Four years.

Not yet.

Not yet.

Seven out of 10. I give them a seven because they don’t always get back within the SLA, and have had a few issues they took a long time to resolve.

No.

Fairly straightforward.

Licensing costs explode after 75 VMs.

We evaluated Zerto. We felt SRM/RecoverPoint gave us more flexibility in our solution. That was five years ago though.

I would recommend it.