Best Practices for Securing VMware Live Site Recovery Server

Best practices for securing VMware Live Site Recovery Server can protect your environment from possible security problems.

The secure operation of VMware Live Site Recovery depends on the proper configuration and maintenance of the VMware Live Site Recovery Server.

• Apply the latest VMware Live Site Recovery updates and patches to address any known issues with VMware Live Site Recovery.
• Ensure the integrity of your VMware Live Site Recovery deployment when you run VMware Live Site Recovery as a VM. See the Virtual Machine Security Best Practices topic in the vSphere Security documentation.
• Allow only administrators to access the server. To limit the number of accounts that an attacker can use, limit the number of accounts that can access the server.
• Check the network ports that VMware Live Site Recovery uses and configure a firewall to protect your server.