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Chapter 5 Protected Site Configuration
To configure individual virtual machine properties
1UsingtheVIClient,logintotherecoverysiteVirtualCenterServer.
2ClickSiteRecoveryontheVIClienttoolbar.
3 SelectaprotectiongroupintheInventorylist.
4OntheVirtualMachinestab,selectamachinetoconfigureandclickConfigure
Protection.
5 SelecttheVirtualMachinefoldertolocateyourvirtual
machineontherecovery
siteandclickNext.
6 Selectthehostonwhichyouwanttomanagethevirtualmachinesontherecovery
siteandclickNext.
7 Selecttheresourcepoolattherecoverysitetolocateyourvirtualmachineandclick
Next.
8Clickthecomponentlevelprotectiontouse
forthisvirtualmachineandclickNext.
SRMcannotprotectavirtualmachineifitcannotaccessattacheddevices,suchas
virtualdisks,floppydisks,orISOimages.Eitherthevirtualmachineoperates
withoutthedevice,orthedeviceiscopiedtothedatastorewherethevirtual
machinecanattachto
thedeviceduringfailover.
9ClickthedatastoretostoretherecoveryvirtualmachinefilesandclickNext.
TheSpecifyaCustomizationSpecificationforthisVMscreenappears.A
customizationspecificationallowsyoutomodifynetworkinginformation,suchas
IPaddressorthenetworkmask,fortherecoveredvirtualmachine.Noother
virtualmachinepropertiescanbecustomized.
10 ClickBrowsetoviewtheavailablecustomizationspecificationsonthe
CustomizationSpecificationpage.
11 SelecttoapplytothevirtualmachineandclickOK.
ThedescriptionofthespecifiedcustomizationoptionappearsintheDescription
fieldontheSpecifyaCustomizationSpecificationforthisVMscreen.
Toconfigurethisoption,acustomizationspecificationmustbecreatedusingthe
VIClientontherecoverysite.Ifnospecificationsareconfigured,themessage“No
availableCustomizationSpecificationfound”appears.Ifavirtualmachinewitha
customizationspecificationdoesnothaveanoperatingsystem,thecustomization
scriptstepfails
duringarecoverytestorfailover.
See“WorkwithCustomizationSpecifications”onpage 67.