5.5

Site Recovery Manager System
Requirements 2
The system on which you install vCenter Site Recovery Manager must meet specific hardware requirements.
Table 2‑1. SRM System Requirements
Component Requirement
Processor 2.0GHz or higher Intel or AMD x86 processor
Memory 2GB minimum
Disk Storage 5GB minimum
Networking 1 Gigabit recommended for communication between SRM
sites.
Use a trusted network for the management of ESXi hosts.
For information about supported platforms and databases, see the Site Recovery Manager Compatibility
Matrixes, at https://www.vmware.com/support/srm/srm-compat-matrix-5-5.html.
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SRM Licensing on page 21
After you install SRM, it remains in evaluation mode until you install an SRM license key.
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SRM Network Ports on page 22
SRM Server instances use several network ports to communicate with each other, with client plug-ins,
and with vCenter Server. If any of these ports are in use by other applications or are blocked on your
network, you must reconfigure SRM to use different ports.
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Operational Limits of SRM on page 22
Each SRM server can support a certain number of virtual machines, protection groups, datastore
groups, vSphere Replication management server instances per host, and vSphere Replication servers
per vSphere Replication appliance.
SRM Licensing
After you install SRM, it remains in evaluation mode until you install an SRM license key.
After the evaluation license expires, existing protection groups remain protected and you can recover them,
but you cannot create new protection groups or add virtual machines to an existing protection group until
you obtain and assign a valid SRM license key. Obtain and assign SRM license keys as soon as possible after
installing SRM.
To obtain SRM license keys, go to the SRM Product Licensing Center at
http://www.vmware.com/products/site-recovery-manager/buy.html, or contact your VMware sales
representative.
VMware, Inc.
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