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4 Select a datastore group from the list, and click Next.

When you select a datastore group, the virtual machines in that datastore group appear in the Virtual

Machines on the Selected Datastore Group pane, and are marked for inclusion in the protection group

after you create the protection group.

5 Type a name and optional description for the protection group, and click Next.

6 Click Finish to create the protection group and begin the protection of the specified virtual machines.

You can monitor the progress of the tasks to create the protection group and protect the virtual

machines in the Recent Tasks panel of the vSphere Client.

What to do next

Create a recovery plan with which to associate your protection groups. See “Create a Recovery Plan,” on

page 43.

Edit Array-Based Protection Groups

You can change the name and description of an array-based protection group and add or remove datastore

groups that are part of the protection group.

Procedure

1 Click Protection Groups, right-click an array-based protection group and select Edit Protection Group.

2 Click Next.

3 Add or remove datastore groups in the protection group and click Next.

4 Edit the name or description of the protection group and click Next.

5 Click Finish.

Create vSphere Replication Protection Groups

You can create protection groups that contain virtual machines that vSphere Replication protects.

You can organize protection groups in folders. Different views in the Recovery interface display the names

of the protection groups, but they do not display the folder names. If you have two protection groups with

the same name in different folders, it might be difficult to tell them apart in some views in the Recovery

interface. Consequently, ensure that protection group names are unique across all folders. In environments

in which not all users have view privileges for all folders, to be sure of the uniqueness of protection group

names, do not place protection groups in folders.

When you create a vSphere Replication protection group, you can add to the protection group any virtual

machines that you configured for vSphere Replication.

Prerequisites

Use the vSphere Client to configure vSphere Replication for virtual machines. See “Configure Replication

for a Single Virtual Machine,” on page 22 or “Configure Replication for Multiple Virtual Machines,” on

page 24.

Procedure

1 Click Protection Groups in the SRM interface and click Create Protection Group.

2 Select the site to be the protected site, select vSphere Replication, and click Next.

3 Select virtual machines from the list and click Next.

Only virtual machines that you configured for vSphere Replication and that are not already in a

protection group appear in the list.

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