For the specific versions of ESX and ESXi which are supported by Site Recovery Manager, please refer to the Compatibility Matrix (link below). Q: What editions and versions of VMware vSphere and/or VMware Infrastructure are compatible with Site Recovery Manager?Ī: Site Recovery Manager can be used to protect hosts running either VMware vSphere or VMware Infrastructure. Note from previous question, that per processor licensing schema might be replaced by per VM Schema soon.

Please refer to the VMware licensing policy guides for more information. Q: How is ‘processor’ defined and how are multi-core processors treated for licensing purposes?Ī: Site Recovery Manager uses the same definition of processor and has the same policies regarding multi-core processors as VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus and the other vCenter products. Please contact VMware or a VMware reseller for what Site Recovery Manager will cost for your environment. Please note licensing Site Recovery Manager per-processor is coming to end & will be priced per VM very soon. Note that Site Recovery Manager is priced in 1-processor increments. Q: What is the price of Site Recovery Manager?Ī: Site Recovery Manager is priced per-processor for servers that are running virtual machines protected by Site Recovery Manager. Q: Will customers receive Site Recovery Manager as part of their Support & Subscription for VMware vSphere or VMware Infrastructure?Ī: No, Site Recovery Manager requires an additional purchase. Note that Site Recovery Manager does require a supported version of VMware vSphere or VMware Infrastructure. You can download the document above & use it offline, or look online below for the answer you require (The documents have points I have not included as they seemed well-known to me): Q: Is Site Recovery Manager included with VMware vSphere?Ī: Site Recovery Manager is not included as part of any VMware vSphere editions. I have decided to post the questions & answers of this document on my blog due to their importance & the huge demand for them, where this document is not well indexed online & quite hard to find. You can find the document at: Site Recovery Manager Pricing Licensing FAQ – Q409.pdf Getting answer to these were always a hassle to find till I found this magical document with answers to many of these. Lately many questions about VMware Site Recovery Manager Licensing has been raising up specially ones related to VMware vSphere Essential, vSphere Essential Plus, and other acceleration kits.

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