System information

Table 5‑2. Environment Variables Available to Per-Virtual Machine Command Steps
Name Value Example
VMware_VM_Uuid UUID used by vCenter to uniquely identify
this virtual machine.
4212145a-eeae-a02c-e525-ebba70b0d4f3
VMware_VM_Name Name of this virtual machine, as set at the
protected site.
My New Virtual Machine
VMware_VM_Ref Managed object ID of the virtual machine. vm-1199
VMware_VM_GuestName Name of the guest OS as defined by the VIM
API.
otherGuest
VMware_VM_GuestIp IP address of the virtual machine, if known. 192.168.0.103
VMware_VM_Path Path to this VMDK of this virtual machine.
[datastore-123] jquser-vm2/jquser-
vm2.vmdk
Suspend Virtual Machines When a Recovery Plan Runs
Site Recovery Manager can suspend virtual machines on the recovery site during a recovery and a test
recovery.
Suspending virtual machines on the recovery site is useful in active-active datacenter environments and
where non-critical workloads run on recovery sites. By suspending any virtual machines that host non-
critical workloads on the recovery site, Site Recovery Manager frees capacity for the recovered virtual
machines. Site Recovery Manager resumes virtual machines that are suspended during a failover operation
when the failover runs in the opposite direction.
You can only add virtual machines to suspend at the recovery site.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, select Site Recovery > Recovery Plans, and select a recovery plan.
2 In the Monitor tab, click Recovery Steps.
3 Right-click Suspend Non-critical VMs at Recovery Site and select Add Non-Critical VM.
4 Select virtual machines on the recovery site to suspend during a recovery.
5 Click OK.
Site Recovery Manager suspends the virtual machines on the recovery site when the recovery plan runs.
Specify the Recovery Priority of a Virtual Machine
By default, Site Recovery Manager sets all virtual machines in a new recovery plan to recovery priority level
3. You can increase or decrease the recovery priority of a virtual machine. The recovery priority specifies the
shutdown and power on order of virtual machines.
If you change the priority of a virtual machine, Site Recovery Manager applies the new priority to all
recovery plans that contain this virtual machine.
Site Recovery Manager starts virtual machines on the recovery site according to the priority that you set.
Site Recovery Manager starts priority 1 virtual machines first, then priority 2 virtual machines second, and
so on. Site Recovery Manager uses VMware Tools heartbeat to discover when a virtual machine is running
on the recovery site. In this way, Site Recovery Manager can ensure that all virtual machines of a given
priority are running before it starts the virtual machines of the next priority. For this reason, you must install
VMware Tools on protected virtual machines.
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