VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.1 FAQ Explanation
Was asked by few customers confused on Site Recovery Manager (SRM) compatibility with vSphere Essential Plus. And I thought I do make a explanation to clear this confusion which I was able to find the documents stating it. Also refer to my previous post on vCenter Editions to understand the different editions of vCenter. First and foremost, the current release of SRM at the time of writing is 5.1.1. SRM must work with same version of vCenter. So if your vCenter is 5.0, you can only run SRM 5.0. In order to run SRM 5.1, you need to upgrade only your vCenter to 5.1 while vSphere can remain any version that is supported by vCenter 5.1. In this case, vSphere 4.x and above. You can check out the interoperability using the site here . Here is an example: Next, we know that SRM 5.1 support vSphere Essential Plus. That is true however if you are using a lower version of SRM, vSphere Essential Plus is not supported. ONLY ...