VMware Live Recovery Reviews

SRM is implemented as part of VMware.

We use it for failover between geographical locations from one location to another location. Sometimes for maintenance purposes, we can failover services to another location so that we can maintain the technology at another location.

The solution works well. If you want to do failover, it works without any problem.

The product is stable.

The deployment process is fast.

The challenge it has is with the speed of failing over. Sometimes it can cause a bit of downtime during switchovers. Sometimes you realize that when you are failing over you can have downtime due to the fact that you're stepping down on one side and powering up on another side.

We've used the solution since 2012. It's been almost ten years.

The stability is great. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.

The scalability is just a function. Whether you can scale or not depends on your resources. It depends on your bandwidth. The scalability will depend on the infrastructure it is using.

We have three people who work with the solution directly.

The deployment doesn't take long. It also takes just a couple of hours as long as you have prepared and long as you have a design.

For the implementation process, we needed three people, however, for implementation, we need a trained engineer. Just one engineer is fine.

If you have trained people who are certified, you can do it yourself. The most important thing is to make sure that it is done by a trained engineer.

We do have to pay a licensing fee in order to use the solution. We have an annual subscription. 

I don't remember the version of SRM that we're using now.

I'd recommend the solution to others.

I would rate it at an eight out of ten.

The automatic activation of the storage volumes and bringing up all VM’s. The recovery plans and resource mapping are good features.

With the resource mapping we can use different networks to bring up our VM’s

We can easily create a test environment with the SRM testing functionality, also in combination with EMC recoverpoint we can start up a virtual machine to a given point in time.

Automatic guest customizations through a GUI is a missing feature. Also the new version of SRM is web-only and is not that stable as the old client version.

We had couple of times that the web interface crashed and needed to restart the services.

7 years.

No issues encountered.

No, but the new web client is sometime ‘buggy.'

No issues encountered.

We needed to use customer service a couple of times while upgrading versions but all went fine.

8/10

No previous solution used.

It wasn't complex.

We used a vendor team and their expertise was good.

This product makes it easy for us to have a managed DR. Also the point in time functionality to bring up vm’s is a cost-saving method for us during the upgrade / testing period.

No other options evaluated.

Read and follow the admin guide, otherwise when you miss a step you can search long time. Also use the correct storage adapter of your storage vendor.

Disaster recovery of a failed site.

None, I implement this product for customers.

Storage integration.

5 years.

The integration (SRA’s) with storage and it’s versions.

None encountered.

None encountered.

9 out of 10.

9 out of 10.

Just a regular backup product. But this wasn't a disaster recovery solution.

A SRM implementation is not difficult. Getting the business requirements is more of a challenge.

I was the implementor.

For most customers about 2 years.

I don’t know as it depends on the customer.

Nope, I was asked to implement this solution.

Know your business requirements.

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.

Instant VMware integration and a wide integration with storage vendors.

The company was able to provide customers with the required RPO that was not possible with traditional backup solutions.

Stability, speed.

4 years.

Bugs bugs bugs...

Sometimes the vm would not failover.

No backwards compatibility of different versions, this made scaling a bit difficult as we needed to upgrade existing infrastructure all the time.

3/10, VMware support was not really proficient in the product, as most of the time we would give them the solution.

3/10, VMware support was not really proficient in the product, as most of the time we would give them the solutio

No.

The integration with EMC recoverpoint was problematic in the beginning, with vm's not failing over all the time and slow recover times.

Yes, Zerto, Veeam.

POC and test.

VMware SRM is used for disaster recovery automation.

VMware SRM is a very nice tool for disaster recovery for virtual environments.

The solution could improve by removing some of the limitations we have been facing. There could be better integrated.

I have been using VMware SRM for approximately 10 years.

The solution is stable.

VMware SRM is scalable.

We have approximately 25 people using this solution in my company.

The support could be improved, they are slow.

The installation is of a moderate difficulty level. The time it takes to implement depends on what vendor you are integrating it with, such as HP. The typical duration of implementation including the configuration is approximately five days.

We have one engineer for the maintenance and support of VMware SRM.

There is an annual license to use this solution.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate VMware SRM an eight out of ten.

It gives us a disaster recovery solution for different sites.

It looks good, but synchronization is, sometimes, a problem. Hence it should be totally dependent on storage.

I've used it for three years.

We faced issues as it is highly dependent on the platform in use.

It's very good.

It was complex as it does not include a good, extensive feasibility and compatibility guide.

We used a vendor team who were very good.

It is quite good on ROI and year on year it is about 50%.

vCloud SRM is a good solution, but it is costly when compared to other solutions like Nutanix.

We didn't evaluate other solutions.

Choosing VMware in general, is best in terms of functionality, but it is not necessarily cost effective, as their licensing and setup costs are too hight. Maybe we will see more products for cloud and automation.

Cost

We have had some customers that were hit with some random wear and we were able to restore the files from SRM with minimal downtime.

Nothing I have run into as of yet.

About 8 months.

It was deployed prior to my arrival with the company.

None encountered.

None encountered.

We use several solutions. We determine what is best for the customer and present them with the solutions we believe fit their needs best.

Do an analysis of what you need. Weigh the pros and cons of each solution and use what is going to work best for you.