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configure the location of the Windows pagefile, as well as some other miscellaneous temporary data,
can be found in TR-3428: NetApp and VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Storage Best Practices.
8. Copy the original pagefile vmdk, /vmfs/volumes/templates/pagefile_disks/pagefile.vmdk, to the DR site.
This can be done using cp across a NAS share, FTP, and so on. Be sure to copy both the
pagefile.vmdk and pagefile-flat.vmdk files.
9. Using the disk just copied to the DR site as the source, create clones in the swapfile datastore at the
DR site for each virtual machine to connect to as they are recovered there by SRM.
[root@vmcoe-ppe03 vmware_swap_dr ]# mkdir /vmfs/volumes/vmware_swap_dr/vm2_pagefile
[root@vmcoe-ppe03 vmware_swap]# vmkfstools -i
/vmfs/volumes/dr_templates/pagefile_disks/pagefile.vmdk
/vmfs/volumes/vmware_swap_dr/vm2_pagefile/pagefile.vmdk
The clone preserves the disk signature of the vmdk. Each Windows host has been connected to a disk
with this signature as the P: drive at the primary site. If SRM is configured to attach this cloned disk to
each virtual machine as it is recovered, then Windows will recognize the disk as its P: drive and
configure its pagefile there upon booting.
10. In the vCenter server at the primary site display the protection group. Click the Virtual Machines tab.
When a virtual machine has a virtual disk stored on nonreplicated storage, SRM will recognize this
virtual disk and display a warning on the virtual machine. Select a virtual machine and click the
Configure Protection link.
11. A warning about the problem with the virtual machine will be displayed. Click OK and continue to the
Configure Protection dialog.