VMware Cloud Director Availability

RATING:

4.8

(80)

About VMware Cloud Director Availability

VMware Cloud Director Availability is a secure data migration and business continuity solution that lets users handle disaster recovery processes to or between multi-tenant cloud sites. It provides simplified onboarding and ensures the continuous availability of VMware vSphere workloads and automates recovery operations. With the advanced Retention Policy, businesses can gain more control over replication cycles and the built-in DR & migration plans help sequence and time failover. It is a pervasive multi-tenant self-service cloud infrastructure control plane for cloud providers’ service-delivery needs. The replicator service, manager service, cloud service, and tunnel service operate together to support the replication management, secure communication, and storage of...

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VMware Cloud Director Availability Pricing

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VMware Cloud Director Availability Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for VMware Cloud Director Availability

1 - 5 of 80 Reviews

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Roy

Verified reviewer

Banking, 201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed July 2022

Security and effective disaster recovery tool for VMware clouds

The experience am having with VMware Cloud Director Availability is intriguing. The product has very powerful features that ensures that all my requirements has been met. Am completely satisfied with the functionalities offered in this product in ensuring reliable and effective data recovery experience.

PROS

The security functionalities in this product like the data encryptions and the Two-Factor Authentication are very powerful. Together with the access control function, they ensures that the data stored is kept safe and that there is no access to any information or data without proper authorization or permission. This product offers reliable and continuous data backup functions that are very useful in recovering accidentally lost or deleted data. The product can be implemented both on cloud and on premises which is very cool. It allows seamless migration and onboarding of VMware vSphere workloads like the vApps and the virtual machines. The available documentation about this product makes it easy for one to achieve the best from this product as news updates are developed. The reporting and analytics features makes it easy to generate clear insights about the protections and migrations on a monthly basis. Data replication capabilities and the fail overs reversals allows simple data recovery.

CONS

If am being honest, i have never encountered a challenging experience while using this product. Each feature has its specific function and they all collaborate well to ensure an easy and efficient migration, onboarding and disaster recovery functionalities.

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Paul

Verified reviewer

Information Technology and Services, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2023

Efficient protection and recovery

Overall, VMware Cloud Director Availability is a solid choice for those looking for a disaster recovery solution for their cloud environment. Its customizability and integration with other VMware products make it an attractive option, but its complexity and cost must be taken into account.

PROS

As a cybersecurity engineer, I like that VMware Cloud Director Availability offers an efficient and customizable replication and disaster recovery solution. It excels in its ability to protect and recover data quickly, and the integration with other VMware solutions makes it even more attractive. It has valuable flexibility that allows you to customize protection and recovery policies.

CONS

Disliked is that its complexity and cost can be challenging for some organizations, especially those with limited budgets.

Anonymous

501-1,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2022

VMware Cloud Director Availability is a Robust Disaster recovery solution

Cloud backing and Disaster recovery has never been simpler. With a comprehensive guide for installation and operability, getting your head wrapped around how this DRaaS works is a downhill task. We use it to effectively reverse failovers and for successful VM migrations.

PROS

It is efficient in reversing failover of virtual apps. Has a comprehensive manual and playbook to facilitate smooth installation. It can facilitate migration of vCenter servers while maintaining great interoperability.

CONS

Not seen any fault with VMware Cloud Director Availability since installation.

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David

Verified reviewer

Semiconductors, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed April 2023

Robust platform that ensures rapid disaster recovery

Overall, VMware Cloud Director Availability is a state-of-the-art hybrid cloud solution that offers a wide variety of features and benefits. This solution is an excellent choice for companies that need effortless scalability and fast disaster recovery. In addition, its integration with other VMware solutions makes it a very attractive option.

PROS

I like that it offers a variety of high-impact benefits to our business, such as centralized management of cloud infrastructure, effortless scalability, secure storage, seamless connectivity and fast disaster recovery. In addition, the solution offers simplified resource management, robust security tools and extensive integration with other cloud tools.

CONS

While VMware Cloud Director Availability offers a host of benefits, it can be a bit costly for some enterprises.

Sierra

Design, 51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2023

Yes- VMware Cloud Director Availability for Life

Robust tool for providing secure disaster recovery in multiple environments.

PROS

Availability of multiple data backups,data recovery and advanced data protection. Effective data access control and flexibility that allows us to customise protection.

CONS

Complicated to beginners,but once you are through it is really perfect.