System information

Option Action
Change the delay after powering on
a virtual machine before starting
dependent tasks. The default value
is 0.
Enter a new value in the recovery.powerOnDelay text box. The new value
applies to power-on tasks for virtual machines at the recovery site.
Change the timeout to wait for
VMware Tools when powering on
virtual machines. The default value
is 300 seconds.
Enter a new value in the recovery.powerOnTimeout text box. The new
power-on value applies to power-on tasks for virtual machines at the
recovery site. If protected virtual machines do not have VMware Tools
installed, set this value to 0.
Enable or disable skipping the
shutdown of the guest OS. The
default value is false.
Select or deselect the recovery.skipGuestShutdown check box. When you
select the option, recovery.powerOffTimeout has no effect. If VMware
Tools are not installed in the VM, enable the option to automatically
disable recovery.powerOffTimeout and shut down the SRM bypass guest
and directly power off VMs without a shutdown timeout.
Enable or disable automatic VM IP
customization during recovery. The
default value is true.
Select or deselect the recovery.useIpMapperAutomatically check box. If
you select the option and IP mapping rules are configured for virtual
networks, then Site Recovery Manager evaluates these rules during
recovery to customize the VMs. If you deselect the option, the IP mapping
rules are not evaluated during recovery. You can override the option for
each VM in VM Recovery Settings IP Customization mode.
5 Click OK to save your changes.
If you change any of these advanced settings after you have configured the protection of a virtual machine,
the new settings do not apply to that virtual machine. Modifications to these advanced settings apply only
to virtual machines that you protect after you changed the settings. This is by design because if
Site Recovery Manager were to apply changed advanced settings to virtual machines on which you have
already configured protection, this could lead to unwanted changes in the protection of those virtual
machines.
What to do next
To apply the changes that you make in these advanced settings to virtual machines that you have previously
protected, you must reconfigure those virtual machines individually. For example, if you reconfigure the
defaultPriority setting, you can manually reconfigure the priority of a previously protected virtual
machine to match the new defaultPriority setting.
1 In the vSphere Web Client, click Site Recovery > Protection Groups, and select the protection group to
which the virtual machine belongs.
2 On the Related Objects tab, click Virtual Machines.
3 Select the virtual machine and click Remove Protection.
The virtual machine status changes to Not Configured.
4 Click Configure All to reconfigure all virtual machines in the protection group, or select a virtual
machine and click Configure Protection to reconfigure only that virtual machine.
Site Recovery Manager applies the newer advanced settings to the virtual machine.
Change Remote Site Settings
You can modify the default values that the Site Recovery Manager Server at the protected site uses to
determine whether the Site Recovery Manager Server at the remote site is available.
Site Recovery Manager monitors the connection between the protected site and the recovery site and raises
alarms if the connection breaks. You can change the criteria that cause Site Recovery Manager to raise a
connection event and change the way that Site Recovery Manager raises alarms.
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