System information

Table 3‑1. Protection Group States (Continued)
State Description
Cleaning Up Group is used in a plan that is cleaning up after a test. You
cannot edit the group. Group returns to the OK or Not
Configured state when cleanup is successful. If cleanup
fails, the group goes to the Testing state.
Recovering Group is used in a plan that is running a recovery. You
cannot edit the group. If recovery succeeds, the group goes
to Recovered state. If recovery fails, group status changes
to Partially Recovered.
Partially Recovered Group is in a plan that completed a recovery, but recovery
failed for some virtual machines. You can remove virtual
machines, but cannot configure or restore them.
Recovered Group is in a plan that successfully completed a recovery.
You can remove virtual machines, but cannot configure or
restore them.
Reprotecting Group is used in a plan running reprotect. You cannot edit
the group. Group returns to OK or Not Configured state
when reprotect is successful. If reprotect fails, the group
goes to Partially Reprotected state.
Partially Reprotected The group is in a plan that failed a reprotect. You can
remove virtual machines, but cannot configure or restore
them.
Configuring Protection Protection operations are in progress on virtual machines
in the group.
Removing Protection Removing protection from virtual machines in the group is
in progress.
Restoring Placeholders Creation of placeholders is in progress for virtual machines
in the group.
Operations in Progress A combination of at least one Configure Protection and one
Remove Protection operations are in progress in the group.
Virtual Machine Protection Status Reference
You can monitor the status of a virtual machine in a protection group and determine the operation that is
allowed in each state.
Table 3‑2. Virtual Machine Protection States
State Description
Placeholder VM Not Found You deleted the placeholder virtual machine. The Restore
Placeholder icon is enabled.
Original protected VM not found You deleted the original production virtual machine after
failover and before reprotect. The Restore Placeholder icon
is enabled.
Datastore name used by VM is missing from group The virtual machine requires a datastore that is not in the
protection group. Edit the protection group to include the
datastore.
Datastore name used by VM is protected in a different
group
The virtual machine requires a datastore that is in a
different protection group. Remove the datastore from the
other protection group and edit the current protection
group to include the datastore. You cannot include a
datastore in two protection groups.
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