Each Site Recovery Manager server can support a certain number of protected virtual machines, protection groups, datastore groups, recovery plans, and concurrent recoveries.
Protection Maximums for Site Recovery Manager 8.5
| Item | Maximum |
|---|---|
| Total number of virtual machines configured for protection (array-based replication, vSphere Replication, Virtual Volumes Replication, and storage policy protection combined) | 5000 |
| Total number of virtual machines configured for protection using array-based replication | 5000 |
| Total number of virtual machines configured for protection using vSphere Replication | 3000 |
| Total number of virtual machines configured for protection using Virtual Volumes Replication | 500
Note: Contact your storage vendor for exact number of supported virtual machines, replicated with
Virtual Volumes Replication.
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| Total number of virtual machines configured for storage policy protection | 2000 |
| Total number of virtual machines configured for storage policy protection with stretched storage | 1000 |
| Total number of virtual machines configured for protection using array-based replication with stretched storage | 1000 |
| Total number of virtual machines per protection group | 500 |
| Total number of array-based replication protection groups and vSphere Replication protection groups | 500 |
| Total number of storage policy protection groups | 32 |
| Total number of recovery plans | 250 |
| Total number of protection groups per recovery plan | 250 |
| Total number of virtual machines per recovery plan | 2000 |
| Total number of replicated datastores (using array-based replication) | 255 |
| Total number of replicated devices (using array-based replication) | 255 |
| Total number of replicated datastores and replicated devices (using array-based replication) | 255 |
You can run array-based protection groups alongside vSphere Replication protection groups and storage policy protection groups in the same Site Recovery Manager server instance. The total number of protection groups cannot exceed 500 for all protection types combined. For example, you cannot create 250 array-based replication protection groups and then create 350 vSphere Replication protection groups, as this creates 600 protection groups in total.
If you have 250 array-based protection groups, you can create additional 250 vSphere Replication protection groups, to make a total of 500 protection groups. Similarly, in a setup that combines an array-based replication and vSphere Replication, you can protect a maximum of 5,000 virtual machines, even if you combine replication types. The protection limit for array-based replication is 5,000 virtual machines. The protection limit for vSphere Replication is 3,000 virtual machines. However, the maximum number of virtual machines that you can protect by using a combination of array-based and vSphere Replication is still 5,000 virtual machines, and not 8,000.
If you protect 3,000 virtual machines with vSphere Replication, you can protect a maximum of another 2,000 virtual machines with array-based replication.
If you protect 1,000 virtual machines with array-based replication, you can protect a maximum of another 3,000 virtual machines with vSphere Replication.
Bidirectional Protection
If you establish bidirectional protection, in which site B serves as the recovery site for site A and at the same time site A serves as the recovery site for site B, limits apply across both sites, and not per site. In a bidirectional implementation, you can protect a different number of virtual machines on each site, but the total number of protected virtual machines across both sites cannot exceed the limits.
If you protect 3,000 virtual machines using array-based replication from site A to site B, you can use array-based replication to protect a maximum of 2,000 virtual machines from site B to site A. If you are using array-based replication for bidirectional protection, you can protect a total of 5,000 virtual machines across both sites.
If you protect 155 replicated datastores using array-based replication from site A to site B, you can use array-based replication to protect a maximum of 100 replicated datastores from site B to site A. If you are using array-based replication for bidirectional protection, you can protect a total of 255 replicated datastores across both sites.
If you protect 1500 virtual machines using vSphere Replication from site A to site B, you can use vSphere Replication to protect a maximum of 1500 virtual machines from site B to site A. If you are using vSphere Replication for bidirectional protection, you can protect a maximum of 3000 virtual machines across both sites.
If you protect 3,000 virtual machines using array-based replication from site A to site B and 1,000 virtual machines using vSphere Replication from site A to site B, you can protect a maximum of 1,000 virtual machines from site B to site A. If you are using a combination of array-based replication and vSphere Replication for bidirectional protection, you can protect a maximum of 5,000 virtual machines across both sites, of which you can protect a maximum of 3,000 by using vSphere Replication.
Recovery Maximums for Site Recovery Manager 8.5
| Item | Maximum |
|---|---|
| Total number of concurrently running recovery plans. | 10 |
| Total number of virtual machine recoveries that you can start simultaneously, for array-based replication, vSphere Replication, and storage policy protection combined, across multiple recovery plans. | 2000 |
If you protect 5000 virtual machines with Site Recovery Manager, you can recover up to 2000 virtual machines in one recovery plan. After that plan has finished, you can run another recovery plan to recover another 2000 virtual machines. When the second plan has also completed, you can recover the remaining 1000 virtual machines.
If you have five recovery plans that each contain 1000 virtual machines, you can run a maximum of two of these plans at the same time. If you have 10 recovery plans that each contains 200 virtual machines, you can run all 10 plans at the same time.
IP Customization Maximums for Site Recovery Manager 8.5
- 1 IP address
- Subnet information
- 1 gateway server address
- 2 DNS servers (primary and secondary)
You also set 2 WINS addresses for DHCP or IPv4, on Windows virtual machines only.
Deployment Maximums for Site Recovery Manager 8.5 in a Shared Recovery Site Configuration
In a shared recovery site configuration, you can deploy a maximum of 10 Site Recovery Manager server instances for each vCenter Server instance. The limits apply to each Site Recovery Manager pair in a shared recovery site configuration.
