VMware Live Recovery Reviews

Our primary use case of this solution is for testing. 

The UI is very user-friendly and testing is easy, it doesn't require a lot of resources or a SAN team to enable testing, a single person can do it and get results. 

Unfortunately, SRM is not stable and it therefore requires continuous monitoring. If there are any issues associated with the Center, SRM doesn't work well and as a result, it generates a lot of tickets and productivity drops. 

I've been using this solution for five years.

Although this solution is a good tool, it lacks stability. We have five users in our team. 

The overall advantage of VMware is its scalability. But when it comes to SRM, scalability is not really relevant. It's only relevant in terms of the DR solution because SRM is a component of VMware, which requires vCenter. 

The technical support is quite good. 

Setup of SRM required the architectural team. The SAN team plays a very important role here because there's not enough stability. The DR test can fail because of the associated orchestration issues with regard to the SAN.

I've never used Zerto, but from my training and my personal analysis, I think it's better than SRM. 

I rate this product six out of 10. 

We use VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery as a disaster recovery service and backup as a service.

The most valuable features are the backup and disaster recovery services.

VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery could improve by enhancing the network bandwidth from the storage.

In a future release, I would like to see new functionality or current feature enhancements.

I have been using VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery for a few years.

I have found VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery to be stable.

The scalability of VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery is very good.

We have customers in the medium to large-scale enterprise companies.

The technical support provided by VMware is one of the best I have used.

I have used many similar solutions to VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery, such as Veeam and Citrix.

The installation is normally simple for users to fully implement.

The price of VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery should be lowered in order to compete better in the market.

I rate VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery a nine out of ten.

We are not an end-user. We are a solutions provider to companies.

All of its components are very competitive compared to other solutions. The application, the DR health check, and the scale-out file system are all great. They tailored a lot of technology in the VCDR, which is good. It's a very good solution overall.

The initial setup is very straightforward. 

The solution is stable. 

Technical support is very proactive and helpful.

The solution has proven to be easily scalable. 

They need to have their own cloud, however, unfortunately, since the solution has been acquired by VMware, I doubt that will be happening.

It is impossible to acquire Datrium data nodes, unfortunately.

It would be ideal if they added advanced analytics or AI to the solution.

We've been working with the solution since before Datrium was acquired by VMware. 

In terms of stability, recently, we encountered an issue, however, it has been addressed immediately by support. It's now resolved. For the most part, the solution is stable. 

The scalability is pretty good. We just have to ask for additional space. Eventually, it will be guaranteed on demand.

There are many users on the solution. It's a big organization.

One of the good things about the solution is that it has very proactive support there. They are helpful and responsive and we are pleased with the level of assistance they offer.

We did not previously use a different solution. 

The solution is very straightforward and easy to set up. The deployment is quick and easy. In our experience, the solution only takes four hours to deploy. 

We're integrators and therefore can implement the solution for our clients. 

We looked at other solutions, however, the product is a very good technology. We have seen its many advantages as compared to other solutions. For example, the solution has been HCI disaggregated.

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. 

We're an integrator. Our clients use the solution. We are not end-users. 

I'd rate the solution at a ten out of ten.

We are a solution provider and this is one of the products that we implement for our clients.

VMware is being used for disaster recovery to protect two sites.

The most valuable feature is the automation, where you press a button and everything fails over seamlessly. It is quite good.

When used in conjunction with storage replication software it is not possible to separate and failover an individual VM. When the VMs are sitting on the same storage LUN, the granularity is not sufficient.  Ideally, we should be able to choose one virtual machine and separate it from the rest.

If the price were more competitive then it would be very good.

I have been working with VMware SRM for about five years.

It is stable for now. I haven't had any issues.

It is scalable, although the downside to scaling is the cost.

When I first contacted technical support, I had some issues. However, as time went on, the support has improved and I now think that it is okay.

Prior to using VMware SRM, we were doing everything manually. Failover of VMs was done manually from promoting the replicated LUNs to read write and then bringing them up in the DR VMware environment.  It was a lot of manual work when dealing with hundreds of VMs.

The initial setup is all right and we have had no issues with it.

The cost of SRM is a little bit high, especially for smaller companies.

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In summary, this is a mature product that works very well. It is easy to set up. I like the fact that it has a bubble test feature that allows you to test your configurations without actually failing over. However SRM is very pricy.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

We are a system integrator in Morocco and this is one of the products that we implement for our clients. Our customers use VMware SRM to replicate sites for the purpose of disaster recovery. SRM is a recovery manager and we combine it with NetApp to provide recovery solutions.

The most valuable feature is the simplicity of operations. You have two main buttons, where one is red and one is green. The red button is used for real disaster recovery and the green button is used if you want to simulate it.

The interface is user-friendly.

The storage replication adapter (SRA) is quite good because it allows SRM to work with storage arrays from any vendor.

I would like to see a detailed history of the events for each site because I have found difficulty with that. The two vCenters have to be synchronized, which sometimes gives us problems because Keberos does not tolerate more than five minutes in time difference.

I have been dealing with VMware SRM since 2009.

The recovery point (RPO) is set to 24 hours, which means that this is being used daily. Our backup happens at 8:00 pm every night.

VMware SRM is scalable.

Most of our clients are in Morocco, and 80% of them are bigger companies with a lot of users.

Technical support from VMware is good and I would rate them an eight out of ten.

The initial setup is definitely simple.

The last project that I worked on took two weeks to deploy. This included installing NetApp, vCenter, ESXi, and the initial application.

We have an in-house team that includes me and two other people. We also do maintenance for some of our clients.

In the past, with version 6.0, there were two versions of SRM. There was a version for Windows as well as an appliance. However, all of our customers are now moving to the appliance.

I recommend using this product because it integrates well with replication technology from any vendor using the SRA.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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.