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If a virtual machine is attached to a Raw Disk Mapping (RDM) disk device, you must store the mapping
file in the same folder as the VMX file. RDM snapshots are only available if you create the RDM
mapping using Virtual Compatibility Mode.
If you are running a ESX or ESXi Server 4.1 or later, these limitations do not apply.
vSphere Replication supports the protection of virtual machines with snapshots, but you can only recover
the latest snapshot. vSphere Replication erases the snapshot information in the recovered virtual machine,
so snapshots are no longer available after recovery.
Protection and Recovery of Virtual Machines with Memory State Snapshots
When protecting virtual machines with memory state snapshots, the ESXi hosts at the protection and
recovery sites must have compatible CPUs, as defined in the VMware knowledge base articles VMotion
CPU Compatibility Requirements for Intel Processors and VMotion CPU Compatibility Requirements for
AMD Processors. The hosts must also have the same BIOS features enabled. If the BIOS configurations of the
servers do not match, they show a compatibility error message even if they are otherwise identical. The two
most common features to check are Non-Execute Memory Protection (NX / XD) and Virtualization
Technology (VT / AMD-V).
Protection and Recovery of Linked Clone Virtual Machines
vSphere Replication does not support the protection and recovery of virtual machines that are linked clones.
Array-based replication supports the protection and recovery of virtual machines that are linked clones if all
the nodes in the snapshot tree are replicated.
Protection and Recovery of Virtual Machines with Reservations, Affinity Rules,
or Limits
When SRM recovers a virtual machine to the recovery site, it does not preserve any reservations, affinity
rules, or limits that you have placed on the virtual machine. SRM does not preserve reservations, affinity
rules, and limits on the recovery site because the recovery site might have different resource requirements to
the protected site.
You can set reservations, affinity rules, and limits for recovered virtual machines by configuring
reservations and limits on the resource pools on the recovery site and setting up the resource pool mapping
accordingly. Alternatively, you can set reservations, affinity rules, or limits manually on the placeholder
virtual machines on the recovery site.
Protection and Recovery of Virtual Machines Attached to RDM Disk Devices
The protection and recovery of virtual machines that are attached to a raw disk mapping (RDM) disk device
is subject to different support depending on whether you use array-based replication or
vSphere Replication.
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Array-based replication supports RDM devices in physical mode and in virtual mode.
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vSphere Replication supports RDM devices in virtual mode only, for both the source and target device.
Planned Migration of Virtual Machines on Datastores that Use SIOC
You cannot use SRM to perform a planned migration of virtual machines on datastores that have storage I/O
control (SIOC) enabled. Datastores with SIOC enabled cannot be unmounted, so cannot be part of a planned
migration. You must disable SIOC on datastores included in a recovery plan before running a planned
migration.
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