As a managed service provider with VMware, we offer virtual desktops to our customers. We support around 80+ customers, some use VMware, some use Hyper-V... it varies. In total, we support around one million virtual desktops. My role as an enterprise architect is to provide solutions to these diverse customers.
Associate Vice President at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
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2024-04-23T13:10:00Z
Apr 23, 2024
VMware SRM is deployed with some clusters. However, if the customer uses a three-tier architecture or other configurations, SRM might not be applicable. The expectation is not always to achieve 100% coverage. SRM is used for virtual machines with stringent SLAs or critical business applications. SRM is often sold in packs of 25 virtual machines, and deployment and functionality testing are conducted based on customer needs.
We use the solution primarily for off-site disaster recovery. A site act as the headquarters, and there is also DR site. This means that we move application data from primary to secondary sites for storage level replication purposes. We also back up our virtual machines and their applications to the DR site. Essentially, we do disaster recovery from the primary site to the DR sites.
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In my total career spanning 20 years, I've focused on business continuity, specifically in disaster recovery.
As a managed service provider with VMware, we offer virtual desktops to our customers. We support around 80+ customers, some use VMware, some use Hyper-V... it varies. In total, we support around one million virtual desktops. My role as an enterprise architect is to provide solutions to these diverse customers.
We used VMware SRM mainly for the DC-DR configuration.
VMware SRM is deployed with some clusters. However, if the customer uses a three-tier architecture or other configurations, SRM might not be applicable. The expectation is not always to achieve 100% coverage. SRM is used for virtual machines with stringent SLAs or critical business applications. SRM is often sold in packs of 25 virtual machines, and deployment and functionality testing are conducted based on customer needs.
My clients use the product for disaster recovery planning.
Our company's clients use VMware SRM for disaster recovery.
We have three different VMs. During long business hours, we can shift from PR to DR. It has high availability.
The primary use for us is to replicate without automatization.
We use VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery as a disaster recovery service and backup as a service.
We are not an end-user. We are a solutions provider to companies.
We use the solution primarily for off-site disaster recovery. A site act as the headquarters, and there is also DR site. This means that we move application data from primary to secondary sites for storage level replication purposes. We also back up our virtual machines and their applications to the DR site. Essentially, we do disaster recovery from the primary site to the DR sites.