VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager (Site Recovery Manager) is the premier tool to enable you to build, manage and execute reliable disaster recovery plans for your virtual environment. Taking full advantage of the encapsulation and isolation of virtual machines, Site Recovery Manager enables simplified automation of disaster recovery.
It helps meet recovery time objectives, reduces costs traditionally associated with business continuance plans and achieves low-risk and predictable results for recovery of a virtual environment.
With the new version 5.0 release, VMware has expanded the capabilities of Site Recovery Manager to provide unprecedented levels of protection. New use cases have been made possible through the addition of the following capabilities:
- vSphere Replication
- Increased scalability
- Planned migration
- Failback
- Reprotection
- Enhanced dependency definition
VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager: Install, Configure, Manage