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WhileSRMallowsyoutoreplicatetransientdatasuchasWindowspagingfilesor
virtualmachineswapfiles,suchdataneednotbereplicated.Preventingreplicationof
suchdataavoidsunnecessaryconsumptionofnetworkbandwidth.
Specify a Nonreplicated Datastore for Swapfiles
Everyvirtualmachinerequiresaswapfile,whichisnormallycreatedinthesame
datastoreastheothervirtualmachinefiles.WhenyouuseSRM,thisdatastoreis
replicated.Topreventswapfilesfrombeingreplicated,createthemonanonreplicated
datastore.Thisproceduremustbecarriedoutforallprotectedclusters,at
boththe
protectedandrecoverysites.Formoreinformation,seetheVMwareInfrastructure
documentation.
To create swapfiles on a nonreplicated datastore (ESX 3.5)
1IntheVIClient,rightclickanESXclusterandclickEditSettings.
2IntheSettingswindowforthecluster,clickSwapfileLocationandselectStorethe
swapfileinthedatastorespecifiedbythehost,
thenclickOK.
3Foreachvirtualmachineinthecluster:
aClicktheConfigurationtab.
bClickEditontheSwapfilelocationline.
cIntheVirtualMachineSwapfileLocationwindow,selectanonreplicated
datastoreandclickOK.
Avoiding Replication of
Paging Files and Other
Transient Data
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