HPE Zerto – Disaster Recovery & Continuous Data Protection Platform

HPE Zerto is a disaster recovery and cyber resilience software platform that protects virtualised and hybrid cloud workloads by keeping data available for rapid recovery and continuity. It uses continuous data protection, journal-based recovery and orchestrated failover to reduce data-loss exposure, support rollback after disruption and improve confidence in recovery readiness.

HPE Zerto – Disaster Recovery & Continuous Data Protection Platform

HPE Zerto Key Platform Specifications

  • Platform Type: Data Protection Platform
  • Primary Function: Disaster Recovery & Cyber Resilience
  • Deployment Model: Software Platform
  • Management Scope: Workload Protection & Recovery
  • Target Environment: Hybrid Cloud & Data Centre
  • Licensing Model: Subscription-Based
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HPE Zerto Overview

When recovery windows are short and data loss or downtime is unacceptable, teams need a way to restore applications quickly, cleanly and in the right order.

Disaster Recovery and Workload Mobility

HPE Zerto is disaster recovery and cyber resilience software for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure and AWS environments. It supports virtualised, hybrid and cloud workloads where recovery, testing and migration must stay aligned to production demands.

Recovery Control in Practice

In virtualised application estates, continuous data protection captures changes in near real time instead of waiting for backup windows. Journal-based recovery gives teams clean point-in-time options after encryption, deletion or corruption, while orchestrated failover, failback and testing replace manual runbooks with planned recovery workflows.

Operational Value

This approach reduces data-loss exposure, supports ransomware rollback and improves confidence in recovery readiness. It also lets infrastructure teams test disaster recovery plans without disrupting production and move workloads between sites or clouds without rebuilding application environments.

If you are evaluating HPE Zerto for recovery orchestration, ransomware resilience or hybrid workload mobility, our team can help you assess fit and deployment priorities.

HPE Zerto Key Features​

HPE Zerto is a data protection platform for hybrid cloud and data centre workloads that delivers disaster recovery, cyber resilience, and workload mobility through continuous data protection and journal-based recovery.

Recover Critical Workloads Faster

Continuous Data Protection
The platform replicates changes in near real time to support low recovery point objectives for virtualised applications and other critical workloads.

Journal-Based Recovery
Journal-based recovery provides clean point-in-time recovery options that help teams respond to corruption, encryption, or accidental deletion events.

Automated Failover Orchestration
Automated failover coordinates recovery workflows so planned disaster recovery runbooks can be executed with less manual intervention and lower operational risk.

Failback and Testing Automation
Automated failback and testing support recovery validation and return-to-service processes without rebuilding application environments from scratch.

Move Workloads Across Environments

VM Replication and Mobility
The platform replicates and moves workloads between sites or clouds to support migration and workload mobility across virtualised environments.

Hybrid Cloud Recovery Targets
It supports recovery across VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure, AWS, and other supported cloud or virtualised workloads.

HPE Ecosystem Alignment
Integration with HPE GreenLake and cloud storage targets supports recovery, testing, migration, and long-term retention workflows for critical applications.

Speak to an HPE Zerto Specialist

If your teams need tested disaster recovery, ransomware recovery, or hybrid cloud workload mobility, our HPE experts can help map the right Zerto design to your recovery and resilience requirements.

HPE Zerto Use Cases

Disaster Recovery Orchestration

HPE Zerto is used for virtualised application estates where teams need coordinated disaster recovery rather than manual VM restores, using continuous data protection, journal-based recovery and automated failover, failback and testing across VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V and supported cloud environments. Its recovery plans orchestrate multi-VM applications end to end, making it well suited to controlled DR operations in hybrid infrastructure.

Continuous Data Protection

HPE Zerto supports low-RPO workloads by capturing block-level changes continuously instead of waiting for scheduled backup windows, so recovery points stay close to real time. This journal-based replication model is designed for critical systems that need fine-grained recovery and rapid rollback across virtualised, cloud and hybrid environments.

Ransomware Recovery

HPE Zerto is well suited to ransomware recovery because its journal-based recovery lets teams roll affected applications back to a clean point before encryption or destructive activity began. Continuous data protection and recovery orchestration help restore workloads quickly across VMware, Hyper-V and cloud targets without relying on a full rebuild from backup alone.

VM Replication and Mobility

HPE Zerto is used to replicate virtual machines between sites or platforms and to move workloads with orchestration rather than backup-only restore. Near real-time change replication, automated failover and failback, and support for VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure and AWS make it a strong fit for migration and workload mobility projects.

Hybrid Cloud Workload Recovery

HPE Zerto fits hybrid cloud recovery because it protects workloads across on-premises virtualised environments and supported public cloud platforms, including Azure and AWS, with journal-based replication and recovery orchestration. This allows teams to recover, test and migrate critical applications across mixed infrastructure while aligning with HPE GreenLake and cloud storage workflows.

Application Availability Planning

HPE Zerto supports application availability planning by enabling non-disruptive disaster recovery tests and coordinated recovery sequencing for multi-VM applications. Its automated orchestration, continuous replication and journal-based recovery help organisations validate continuity plans and prove recoverability without affecting production systems.

Supported HPE Zerto Environments & Integrations

Disaster Recovery & Cyber Resilience Environments

Supports VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure and AWS with journal-based replication and recovery orchestration for virtual and cloud workloads.

Virtualised Workload Environments

Protects supported virtualised application estates with continuous data protection, automated failover and failback, and non-disruptive recovery testing.

Hybrid Cloud Recovery Architectures

Supports mixed on-premises and cloud recovery designs, preserving workload mobility when recovery targets need to shift between sites or platforms.

VMware vSphere Environments

Provides journal-based replication and orchestrated recovery for VMware vSphere workloads, reducing reliance on manual VM restoration during outages.

Microsoft Hyper-V Environments

Extends continuous data protection and recovery planning to Microsoft Hyper-V estates, keeping virtual machine recovery sequenced and controlled.

HPE GreenLake & Cloud Storage Targets

Aligns with HPE GreenLake and cloud storage targets for recovery, testing, migration and long-term retention workflows for critical applications.

HPE Zerto Licensing Options

Zerto Foundation

Zerto Foundation is the entry VM-based edition for continuous data protection, journal-based recovery and basic failover and failback between sites, designed for DR-only requirements.

Zerto Enterprise Cloud Edition

Zerto Enterprise Cloud Edition adds extended retention, unified backup-style recovery points and cross-cloud DR, with Resource Planner and migration tooling for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Zerto Enterprise Cloud Edition with Cyber Resilience Vault

Zerto Enterprise Cloud Edition with Cyber Resilience Vault adds isolated immutable copies, ransomware detection and forensic recovery testing for stronger cyber-resilience and clean recovery workflows.

VM-Based Subscription Licensing

HPE Zerto is licensed primarily by protected VM or protected workload count, with 1-, 3- or 5-year subscriptions, perpetual plus annual support, or HPE GreenLake consumption options.

Separately Licensed Add-Ons

HPE Zerto may require separate licensing for SaaS backup, Kubernetes protection, AWS or Azure native instance protection and long-term retention capacity beyond the base journal.

Licence Review & Optimisation

Our team can help assess protected VM growth, edition choice, cross-cloud recovery scope, long-term retention needs, Kubernetes and SaaS add-ons, journal sizing, and subscription or GreenLake alignment with HPE.

HPE Zerto Implementation and Support

Solution Design & Planning

We help assess HPE Zerto requirements for disaster recovery, ransomware recovery and workload mobility, then recommend a practical deployment approach that matches your virtual, hybrid or cloud environment and recovery objectives.

Deployment & Configuration

Our team can assist with HPE Zerto deployment and configuration, including recovery settings, protection policies and failover preparation, so your environment is set up for controlled recovery and testing.

Integration with Existing Environments

We support integration of HPE Zerto with VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure, AWS and HPE GreenLake, along with the supporting infrastructure workflows needed for recovery and retention.

User Adoption & Operational Readiness

We can help prepare administrators and operational teams to use HPE Zerto confidently by aligning handover, recovery procedures, testing routines and ownership for planned failover and failback activities.

Ongoing Support & Lifecycle Management

We provide ongoing support for HPE Zerto, including health checks, update guidance, licence alignment and renewal planning, to help you manage the platform through changing protected workload and subscription needs.

Commercial Optimisation & Support for HPE Zerto

Subscription & Licence Reviews

We help assess HPE Zerto licensing against protected VM counts, workload growth and the right edition for your needs, so Foundation, Enterprise Cloud or Cyber Resilience Vault coverage stays aligned to how the platform is used.

Vendor Agreement Alignment

Our team can review HPE Zerto subscriptions across HPE direct, partner and GreenLake consumption arrangements, helping you keep renewal timing, support coverage and add-on requirements visible within the wider HPE portfolio.

Commercial Optimisation

Where relevant, we can assess subscription term choices, perpetual plus support options and separately licensed add-ons such as long-term retention, SaaS backup or Kubernetes protection to align investment with resilience, mobility and retention priorities.

Renewal Planning & Lifecycle Management

We support proactive renewal planning by reviewing protected workload growth, cross-cloud recovery needs and changing retention requirements, helping keep the commercial position for HPE Zerto aligned as your environment evolves.

Adoption & Value Realisation

Successful recovery programmes depend on more than software alone, and our team can help maximise value from HPE Zerto through adoption planning, usage review, renewal guidance and ongoing optimisation as your resilience strategy matures.

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