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ysfpatrick1
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License problem on SRM

If I only would like protect one site, can I only buy SRM license for the protected site and not need for the DR site?

If yes, what license I should use of the SRM on DR site?

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bayupw
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Hi

See the VMware SRM FAQ: https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/SRM/VMware-vCenter-Site-Recovery-Manager-FAQ.pdf

After failover, what are the license requirements for the recovery site including for failback?

A. vSphere licenses are required for the servers at the recovery site as described in the answer to the preceding question. If— after failover is performed from Site A to Site B—new recovery plans are created to enable failback from Site B to Site A, Site Recovery Manager licenses are required for the virtual machines at Site B that are protected by those plans. The licenses originally used at Site A can be used at Site B for this purpose as long as the licenses are no longer in use at Site A.

So you can use the license at DC site for DR site.

Bayu Wibowo | VCIX6-DCV/NV
Author of VMware NSX Cookbook http://bit.ly/NSXCookbook
https://github.com/bayupw/PowerNSX-Scripts
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stuartclements
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Hi Patrick and Bayu,

See also SRM Licensing in the SRM 5.5 docs.

Thanks!

Stuart

SRM docs team