System information

Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, select Site Recovery > Recovery Plans, and select a recovery plan.
2 On the Related Objects tab, click Virtual Machines.
3 Right-click a virtual machine and select All Priority Actions.
4 Select a new priority for the virtual machine.
The highest priority is 1. The lowest priority is 5.
5 Click Yes to confirm the change of priority.
Configure Virtual Machine Dependencies
If a virtual machine depends on services that run on another virtual machine in the same protection group,
you can configure a dependency between the virtual machines. By configuring a dependency, you can
ensure that the virtual machines start on the recovery site in the correct order. Dependencies are only valid
if the virtual machines have the same priority.
When a recovery plan runs, Site Recovery Manager starts the virtual machines that other virtual machines
depend on before it starts the virtual machines with the dependencies. If Site Recovery Manager cannot start
a virtual machine that another virtual machine depends on, the recovery plan continues with a warning.
You can only configure dependencies between virtual machines that are in the same recovery priority
group. If you configure a virtual machine to be dependent on a virtual machine that is in a lower priority
group, Site Recovery Manager overrides the dependency and first starts the virtual machine that is in the
higher priority group.
If you remove a protection group that contains the dependent virtual machine from the recovery plan the
status of the protection group is set to Not in this Plan in the dependencies for the virtual machine with
the dependency. If the configured virtual machine has a different priority than the virtual machine that it
depends on, the status of the dependent virtual machine is set to Lower Priority or Higher Priority.
Prerequisites
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Verify that the virtual machine with the dependency and the virtual machine that it depends on are in
the same recovery plan.
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Verify that the virtual machine with the dependency and the virtual machine that it depends on are in
the same recovery priority group.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, select Site Recovery > Recovery Plans, and select a recovery plan.
2 On the Related Objects tab, click Virtual Machines.
3 Right-click a virtual machine that depends on one or more other virtual machines and select Configure
Recovery.
4 Expand VM Dependencies.
5 Verify the virtual machines that this virtual machine depends on are on and verify the status of the
dependencies is OK.
6 (Optional) To remove a dependency, select a virtual machine from the list of virtual machines that this
virtual machine depends on and click Remove.
7 Click OK.
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