VMware Live Site Recovery requires a connection to the cloud. If you lose connectivity for 30 days, VMware Live Site Recovery might enter degraded mode.

After a total of 60 days without connectivity to the cloud, if you do not fix the connection to the cloud, VMware Live Site Recovery enters suspended mode.

To switch back to normal operations, VMware Live Site Recovery must connect to the cloud.

Degraded Mode (Protection Deactivated) Suspended Mode (Deactivated Mode)
VMware Live Site Recovery
  • You can perform a failover.
  • You cannot protect new VMs.
  • You cannot run re-protect operation.
  • You cannot perform test failover.
  • You cannot perform a failover.
  • You cannot protect new VMs.
  • You cannot run re-protect operation.
  • You cannot perform test failover.
vSphere Replication
  • You can reconfigure existing replications.
  • You can recover single VMs with vSphere Replication.
  • You cannot configure new replications with vSphere Replication.
  • You cannot reconfigure existing replications.
  • You cannot recover single VMs with vSphere Replication.
  • You cannot configure new replications with vSphere Replication.