FAQs

VMware SRM offers two main licensing models:

  1. Per protected virtual machine – You need a license for each protected VM.
  2. Per host CPU – Licensing is based on the number of CPUs in the hosts where protected VMs run​.

Yes, SRM works with VMware Cloud Foundation and supports disaster recovery between on-premise and cloud environments​.

Yes, SRM supports cross-vCenter recovery, allowing coordination between multiple vCenter Server instances at different sites.

The VMware SRM Enterprise License includes key disaster recovery features such as:

    • Automated Failover and Failback: Automatically recover VMs from one site to another.
    • Non-Disruptive Testing: Test disaster recovery plans without impacting live environments.
      • Planned Data Center Migration: Smoothly migrate workloads between data centers.
        • vSphere Replication Support: Enables replication of VMs between sites.
          • Centralized Recovery Plans: Manage and orchestrate recovery steps across multiple VMs and applications