Discover the industry leading disaster recovery software to enable application availability and mobility across sites in private cloud environments with policy based management, non disruptive testing and automated orchestration. VMware Site Recovery Manager™ is the industry leading solution to enable application availability and mobility across sites in private cloud environments. VMware vSphere Replication™ support, stretched storage support, orchestrated cross—VMware vCenter vMotion™, VMware NSX™ integration, and storage profile protection groups. Taking full advantage of the encapsulation and isolation of virtual machines, VMware Site Recovery Manager™ enables simplified automation of disaster recovery to meet recovery time objectives (RTOs), reduce costs associated with business continuity plans, and achieve low risk and predictable results for recovery of a virtual environment. Provides zero downtime application mobility. Move live virtual machines at scale between sites over metro distances by using disaster recovery plans to orchestrate VMware vSphere™—cross—VMware vCenter™ VMware vMotion™ operations, avoiding downtime altogether.

VMware Site Recovery Manager™ provides unique capabilities to create, maintain, and non disruptively test disaster recovery plans without the need for manual runbooks. The ability to automate the disaster recovery planning, maintenance, and testing process enables significant operational efficiencies. VMware™ has expanded the capabilities of VMware Site Recovery Manager™ with the version 6.1 release, which delivers unprecedented levels of protection and functionality as well as new use cases through the addition of capabilities such as storage policy based protection groups, support for stretched storage with orchestrated VMware vMotion™, and enhanced integration with VMware NSX™. The ability to create a network that spans VMware vCenter™ boundaries and creates a cross—site layer 2 network means that after failover, it is no longer necessary to re configure IP addresses. Uses simple policy based management. Protect thousands of virtual machines with ease using centralized recovery plans managed from the VMware vSphere Web Client™. Use policy driven automation and the SDDC architecture to simplify ongoing management.

Enhanced Integration With VMware NSX

Networking is typically one of the more complex and cumbersome aspects of a disaster recovery plan. Ensuring that the proper networks, firewall rules and routing are configured correctly and available can quite challenging. Making an isolated test network with all the same capabilities can be even more so. Additionally, solutions like cross VMware vCenter vMotion™ require a stretched layer 2 network which can create even more difficulty. VMware NSX™ V6.2 has a number of new features which enhance Site Recovery Manager. This means that organizations can now use VMware NSX™ and VMware Site Recovery Manager™ to simplify the creation, testing and execution of recovery plans as well as accelerate recovery times. VMware NSX™ V6.2 supports creating “ Universal Logical Switches”, which allow for the creation of layer 2 networks that span VMware vCenter™ boundaries. This means that when utilizing Universal Logical Switches with VMware NSX™ there will be a virtual port group at both the protected and recovery site that connect to the same layer 2 network. VMware Site Recovery Manager™ intelligently understands that it is logically the same network on both sites and thereby automatically links the protected and recovery networks.

VMware Site Recovery Manager Capabilities

Perform frequent non—disruptive testing to ensure IT disaster recovery predictability and compliance. Achieve fast and reliable recovery using fully automated workflows and complementary Software—Defined Data Center (SDDC) solutions. Protect thousands of virtual machines with ease using centralized recovery plans managed from the vSphere Web Client. Use policy—driven automation and the SDDC architecture to simplify ongoing management. Move live virtual machines at scale between sites over metro distances by using disaster recovery plans to orchestrate VMware vSphere™ cross—vCenter™ vMotion™ operations, avoiding downtime altogether. Lower the total cost of ownership of disaster recovery by up to 50 percent by decreasing operational expenses through automation and reducing capital investments using SDDC technology. VMware Site Recovery Manager™ is available in two editions; Standard and Enterprise. Both standalone editions of VMware Site Recovery Manager™ are licensed “per protected virtual machine.” Both editions are sold in packs of 25 virtual machines. Standard—centralized recovery plans, non disruptive testing, automated orchestration workflows, array based replication support, and VMware vSphere Replication™ support.

Features And Benefits

Delivers fast and reliable IT disaster recovery—perform frequent non—disruptive testing to ensure IT disaster recovery predictability and compliance. Achieve fast and reliable recovery using fully automated workflows and complementary software defined data center (SDDC) solutions. Lowers TCO up to 50%—lower the total cost of ownership of disaster recovery by up to 50 percent by decreasing operational expenses through automation™ and reducing capital investments using SDDC technology. When virtual machines are connected to port groups that are backed by VMware Universal Logical Switches™, VMware Site Recovery Manager™ V6.1 will automatically recognize this and not require manual network mapping between the protected and recovery locations.  The ability to create a network that spans VMware vCenter™ boundaries and creates a cross—site layer 2 network means that after failover, it is no longer necessary to re configure IP addresses. This can reduce recovery time by as much as 40%. Security policies, such as security groups, firewall settings and edge configurations are also preserved on recovered virtual machines, further decreasing the need for manual configurations post recovery.