Life cycle management design details the design decisions covering the life cycle management of Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication.

When performing life cycle management of Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication, you should consider the amount of time and effort taken to perform a patch, update, or upgrade operation, and the impact these operations may have on the availability of disaster recovery operations.

Table 1. Design Decisions on Life Cycle Management of Site Recovery Manager and vSphere Replication

Decision ID

Design Decision

Design Justification

Design Implication

SPR-SRM-LCM-001

Life cycle management of Site recovery Manager is provided using the native tools in the appliance.

Site Recovery Manager is not managed by SDDC Manager.

Deployment, patching, updates, and upgrades of Site Recovery Manager are performed without native automation.

SPR-VR-LCM-001

Life cycle management of vSphere Replication is provided using the native tools in the appliance.

vSphere Replication is not managed by SDDC Manager.

Deployment, patching, updates, and upgrades of vSphere Replication are performed without native automation.