6.1

Option Action
Enable or disable skipping the
shutdown of the guest OS. The
default value is false.
Select or deselect the recovery.skipGuestShutdown check box.
If skipGuestShutdown=true, Site Recovery Manager does not attempt
guest OS shutdown on protection site VMs, but directly powers them off
instead. In this case, the value set for recovery.powerOffTimeout has no
effect together with this setting. If VMware Tools are not installed in the
virtual machine, enable this setting to avoid a guest OS shutdown error in
Site Recovery Manager.
You can also enable the option to directly power off virtual machines
without a shutdown timeout, bypassing the guest OS. See “Configure
Virtual Machine Startup and Shutdown Options,” on page 90.
Enable or disable automatic VM IP
customization during recovery. The
default value is true.
Select or deselect the recovery.useIpMapperAutomatically check box. If
you select the option and IP mapping rules are configured for virtual
networks, then Site Recovery Manager evaluates these rules during
recovery to customize the VMs. If you deselect the option, the IP mapping
rules are not evaluated during recovery. You can override the option for
each VM in VM Recovery Settings IP Customization mode.
5 Click OK to save your changes.
What to do next
To apply the changes to virtual machines that you have previously protected, you must reconfigure those
virtual machines. For example, if you reconfigure the defaultPriority setting, you can manually
reconfigure the priority of a previously protected virtual machine to match the new defaultPriority setting.
You can apply changes from either Recovery Plans or from Protection Groups.
See “Apply Recovery Settings to Virtual Machines in a Recovery Plan,” on page 139 and “Apply Recovery
Settings to Virtual Machines in a Protection Group,” on page 140.
Apply Recovery Settings to Virtual Machines in a Recovery Plan
If you change advanced recovery settings on a protected virtual machine, you must reconfigure the virtual
machine for the settings to take effect.
You can more efficiently configure recovery settings in a recovery plan if you target a single setting or a
single virtual machine. In some cases, you can apply a setting only this way, for example, if you change
settings in a disaster recovery or incomplete recovery scenario.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, select Site Recovery > Recovery Plans.
2 Select the recovery plan to which the virtual machine belongs.
3 On the Related Objects tab, click Virtual Machines.
4 Right-click a virtual machine and click Configure Recovery.
5 Make the changes you want to the recovery properties settings.
6 Click OK.
What to do next
To apply recovery settings to virtual machines in a Protection Group, see “Apply Recovery Settings to
Virtual Machines in a Protection Group,” on page 140.
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