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Live Site Recovery: protected VMs licensed on both sites; bi-directional protection counts both directions

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Kind
Counting
Statement
VMware Live Site Recovery Licensing (9.0.5): licensing "is based on the number of protected VMs. The same license is installed on both the protected and the recovery site." One-way protection of 100 VMs needs a 100-VM license; protecting 100 VMs in each direction needs a 200-VM license. Adding VMs to a protection group without compliant licenses triggers an alarm and blocks further protection.
Applies when
Sizing Live Site Recovery (formerly Site Recovery Manager) protection groups.
Applies to
VMware Live Site Recovery; Advanced Cyber Compliance
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