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8 (Optional) If you are configuring network mappings, in the Select test networks page, click the network
in the Test Network column and use the drop-down menu to select the network to use when you test
recovery plans.
You can configure Site Recovery Manager to create an isolated network on the recovery site for when
you test a recovery plan. Creating an isolated test network allows the test to proceed without adding
extra traffic on the production network on the recovery site.
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Select Isolated network (auto created) to automatically create an isolated network on the recovery
site to use for tests. This is the default option.
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Select an existing network on the recovery site to use for tests.
9 (Optional) On the Prepare reverse mappings page, select the check box for a mapping.
Selecting this option creates corresponding mappings from the item on the remote site to the item on
the local site. You require reverse mappings to establish bidirectional protection and to run reprotect
operations. You cannot select this option if two or more mappings have the same target on the remote
site.
10 Click Finish to create the mappings.
11 Repeat Step 2 through Step 10 to establish mappings for the remaining resource types.
About Storage Policy Mappings
You can protect virtual machines that you have associated with storage policies by including them in
storage policy protection groups.
Storage policies place virtual machines in the vCenter Server inventory and on datastores according to rules
and tags that you define in vCenter Server. Storage policies can move virtual machines in the inventory or to
different datastores, to accommodate changes in the vCenter Server environment.
If you map storage policies on the protected site to storage policies on the recovery site, when you run a
recovery plan, Site Recovery Manager places the recovered virtual machines in the vCenter Server inventory
and on datastores on the recovery site according to the storage policy that you mapped to on the recovery
site.
Select Storage Policy Mappings
If you map storage policies on the protected site to storage policies on the recovery site, when you run a
recovery plan, Site Recovery Manager can place the recovered virtual machines in the vCenter Server
inventory and on datastores on the recovery site according to the storage policy that you mapped to on the
recovery site.
Prerequisites
You created storage policies on both the protected site and the recovery site.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, click Site Recovery > Sites, and select a site.
2 On the Manage tab, select Storage Policy Mappings.
3 Click the icon to create a new mapping.
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