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title: VMware Live Recovery
url: https://www.vmware.com/products/cloud-infrastructure/advanced-services/live-recovery
description: Enable native cyber recovery for the modern private cloud.
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# VMware Live Recovery

Native on-premises cyber recovery for VMware Cloud Foundation.

## Benefits

### Platform Integrated Cyber Recovery
Native end-to-end recovery from modern cyberthreats delivered through a guided workflow.

### Accelerated Recovery and Incident Response
Instant, zero-rehydration recovery to on-premises VCF isolated clean rooms for live workload validation and collaborative incident response.

### Secure, Controlled Recovery
Confident, reinfection-free workload validation with push-button VM network isolation and full data sovereignty to meet stringent compliance requirements.

## Features

### Native On-Premises Cyber Recovery
Platform integration across storage, compute, networking, security and recovery for efficient, secure operations.

### Fast Iterations, Non-Disruptive Testing
Instant recovery of workloads in the isolated clean room with zero data rehydration for quick iterations and recovery plan testing.

### Day-Zero Access to New VCF Features
Simplified lifecycle management and synchronous VCF updates that bypass third-party compatibility delays.

### Controlled Recovery to VCF Clean Rooms
Streamlined recovery to on-premises VCF isolated clean rooms maintaining full operational independence and regulatory compliance ownership.

### Accelerated Recovery
Faster threat scanning and validation of workloads in an on-premises VCF isolated clean room with unthrottled storage and compute performance.

### End-to-End Cyber Recovery Workflow
Guided automation with embedded EDR, push-button network isolation and at-scale recovery orchestration.

## FAQs

### Does VMware Live Recovery support cyber recovery to cloud isolated clean rooms?
VMware Live Recovery only supports cyber recovery to on-premises clean rooms. Cyber and disaster recovery to cloud isolated clean rooms is provided by [VMware Live Recovery Cloud](https://go-vmware.broadcom.com/contact-us).

### Does VMware Live Recovery support on-premises disaster recovery?
On-premises cyber recovery is included as part of customers’ base VCF entitlements and does not require additional services licensing.

### What is the difference between VMware Live Recovery and VMware Live Recovery Cloud?
VMware Live Recovery enables cyber recovery to on-premises VCF isolated clean rooms. VMware Live Recovery Cloud enables cyber and disaster recovery to VCF cloud isolated clean rooms.

### What EDR solutions does VMware Live Recovery integrate with?
VMware Live Recovery licensing includes integrated Carbon Black EDR validation by default. However, Crowdstrike is also an integrated option available to customers, but requires separate licensing.

### Does VMware Live Recovery support different topologies?
Yes. Customers can choose between isolated clean room topology options to align with their budget, security and performance requirements.

### Does VMware Live Recovery require manual integration of components?
No. VMware Live Recovery is a native service that tightly integrates with storage, compute, networking and security components of the VCF platform.

## Also of Interest

- [Accelerate Recovery from Disasters](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/security/accelerate-recovery-from-disasters)
- [Implement Cyber Protection and Recovery from VMware](https://www.vmware.com/solutions/security/implement-ransomware-recovery)
- [What is Disaster Recovery (DR)?](https://www.vmware.com/topics/disaster-recovery)