VMware Live Recovery Reviews

Name: VMware Live Recovery
Brand: VMware
Rating: 4 (79 reviews)

Vendor: VMware

4.0 out of 5

79 reviews
88% willing to recommend

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What is VMware Live Recovery?

VMware Live Recovery is a disaster recovery solution that protects and recovers virtual machines (VMs) across on-premise and public clouds. Key features include rapid ransomware recovery, an on-demand recovery environment for testing procedures without affecting production, live behavioral analysis to detect threats, push-button VM network isolation to contain threats, guided restore point selection, and immutable, air-gapped recovery points to prevent tampering. VMware Live Recovery provides a comprehensive solution to safeguard critical data and applications from cyberattacks and other disasters.

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VMware Live Recovery is the #1 ranked solution in top Disaster Recovery as a Service providers and #5 ranked solution in top Disaster Recovery Software. PeerSpot users give VMware Live Recovery an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. VMware Live Recovery is most commonly compared to Veeam Backup & Replication: VMware Live Recovery vs Veeam Backup & Replication. VMware Live Recovery is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 60% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 17% of all views.

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Siva Kuppala

Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited

Automated recovery is one good feature, SRM also offers simplified management. It has a centralized interface for configuring, testing, and executing disaster recovery plans across multiple sites. This means management from a single point, even for many sites. Recovery plans can be different for customers. So, another important feature is the policy-based protection within SRM. Recovery plans can be customized based on business requirements, including Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO). These objectives might differ between industries – healthcare might need a more aggressive RPO, for instance. Additionally, SRM offers failback capabilities and reporting features for compliance.

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Wladimir Furtado

Advisor on IT Governance and Projects / Advisor on IT Governance and Projects at Tribunal de Contas do Estado do Ceará (TCE-CE)

In this scenario of disaster recovery, we start simply with our VMs. We have just two packs of 25 VMs. We just protect just about 15 VMs Thanks to SRM, we haven't had any kind of disaster in our environment. The disaster recovery has been good. In the case of a disaster, the product is very…

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Amardeep-Singh

Principal - Solution Engineering at Tata Communications Ltd

I have mostly worked with VMware SRM, which is a solution tightly integrated with the product The most valuable feature of VMware SRM is its integration with the VMware platform. VMware SRM's platform agnostics should support on-cloud usage as well. VMware SRM has to add a couple of features…

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VMware Live Recovery mindshare

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As of September 2024, the mindshare of VMware Live Recovery in the Disaster Recovery (DR) Software category stands at 11.9%, down from 12.3% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Key learnings from peers

Last updated Jun 17, 2024

Valuable Features

"The non-disruptive testing feature is a mature technology in the solution"
"The simplicity of VMware SRM is one of its most important features. SRM console is straightforward to manage. It offers simplicity in monitoring, managing, and deploying, making it a unique value proposition. Additionally, Nutanix solutions also provide a simple GUI, which helps in operational efficiency."
"Automated recovery is one good feature, SRM also offers simplified management. It has a centralized interface for configuring, testing, and executing disaster recovery plans across multiple sites. This means management from a single point, even for many sites."

Room for Improvement

"The infrastructure of the solution needs to be more software-based"
"It has a lot of dependencies on VMware infrastructure, and testing can be complex. Testing often requires extensive approval at the organizational level."
"It would be better if we could get more reporting features in VMware SRM."

Pricing

"After Broadcom acquired the solution, the licensing cost increased drastically"
"Mature products like VMware SRM often have higher costs."
"VMware SRM is an expensive solution, and users need to pay extra costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

These insights are based on the in-depth reviews provided by peers to help you make a better buying decision.

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