VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4, 1 CPU VC-SRM4-C Leaflet

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Automate failover and recovery.  Site Recovery Manager 

makes it possible to automate execution of recovery 
plans, eliminating many of the slow and unreliable manual 
processes common in traditional disaster recovery. At the 

same time, Site Recovery Manager ensures that the recovery 

process is executed as intended.

Site Recovery Manager helps organizations with the key 

elements of building, managing and executing disaster 
recovery plans.  The solution plugs in to the VMware 
vCenter Server management interface, providing integrated 
management for virtual infrastructure and the disaster 
recovery plans for that infrastructure.  Site Recovery 
Manager also integrates with storage replication software 
from leading storage vendors to simplify the use of storage 
replication software with VMware vSphere.

Site Recovery Manager helps users with the key elements of 

building, managing and executing disaster recovery plans:

• Setup recovery infrastructure. Site Recovery Manager 

guides users through the process of connecting to the 
remote site and to the storage replication software in 
use. It also makes it easy to map production resources, 
including computing and network resources, to the 
corresponding resources at a recovery site.

• Create recovery plans. Site Recovery Manager provides 

an intuitive interface to help users create recovery plans 
for different failover scenarios and different parts of their 
infrastructure.  Users can specify virtual machines to be 
suspended or shut down to free resources for recovery. 

They can also specify the order in which virtual machines 

are powered on, set user-defined scripts to execute 
automatically, and specify where to pause the recovery 
process, if necessary.

• Test recovery plans.  Site Recovery Manager automates 

the creation of a non-disruptive and isolated testing 
environment on the recovery site by leveraging storage 
arrays’ snapshot capabilities and connecting virtual 
machines to the user’s isolated testing network.  Site 
Recovery Manager automates the execution of the actual 
recovery plan to be used in an actual failover and cleans 
up the testing environment once testing is complete. Test 
results are saved for viewing and export at any time.

• Automate failover.  Once an administrator initiates a 

recovery plan from VMware vCenter Server, Site Recovery 
Manager automates execution of the steps in the recovery 
plan to ensure that recovery is executed exactly as 
designed.  Administrators have full visibility into execution 
of the recovery plan through vCenter Server and can 
pause or stop execution at any time. As their environment 

changes, users can update and modify recovery plans at any time 
through vCenter Server to ensure the plans are up to date.

•  Discover and display virtual machines protected by storage replication

using integration adapters certified by storage vendors.  Support for 
iSCSI, FibreChannel, and NFS-based store replication.

•  Create and manage recovery plans directly from vCenter Server.

•  Extend recovery plans with custom scripts.

•  Monitor availability of remote site and alert users of possible site

failures.

•  Store, view and export results of test and failover execution from

vCenter Server.

•  Control access to recovery plans with granular role-based access

controls.

•  Use storage snapshot capabilities to perform recovery tests without

losing replicated data.  

•  Connect virtual machines to an existing isolated network for testing

purposes.

•  Automate execution of recovery plans.

•  Customize execution of recovery plans for testing scenarios.

•  Automate cleanup of testing environments after completing failover

tests.

•  Initiate recovery plan execution from vCenter Server with a single-

button. 

•  Automate promotion of replicated datastores for recovery using

adapters created by leading storage vendors for their replication 
platforms.

•  Execute user-defined scripts and pauses during recovery.

•  Reconfigure virtual machines’ IP addresses to match network

configuration at failover site.

•  Manage and monitor execution of recovery plans within vCenter

Server.

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. For detailed 

product specifications and systems requirements, please refer to the 

Site Recovery Manager install and configure guide.