6.1

When you create protection groups, wait to ensure that the operations finish as expected. Make sure that
Site Recovery Manager creates the protection group and that the protection of the virtual machines in the
group is successful.
Prerequisites
Verify that you performed one of the following tasks:
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Included virtual machines in datastores for which you configured array-based replication
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Satisfied the requirements in “Prerequisites for Storage Policy Protection Groups,” on page 49 and
reviewed the “Limitations of Storage Policy Protection Groups,” on page 50.
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Configured vSphere Replication on virtual machines
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Performed a combination of some or all of the above
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, click Site Recovery > Protection Groups.
2 On the Objects tab, click the icon to create a protection group.
3 On the Name and location page, enter a name and description for the protection group, select a pair of
sites or a folder, and click Next.
4 On the Protection group type page, select the direction of protection and the protection group type, and
click Next.
Option Action
Create an array-based replication
protection group
Select Datastore groups (array-based replication) and select an array pair.
Create a vSphere Replication
protection group
Select Individual VMs (vSphere Replication).
Create a storage policy protection
group
Select Storage Policies (array-based replication).
5 Select datastore groups, virtual machines, or storage policies to add to the protection group.
Option Action
Array-based replication protection
groups
Select datastore groups and click Next.
When you select a datastore group, the virtual machines that the group
contains appear in the Virtual machines table.
vSphere Replication protection
groups
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.
Storage policy protection groups
Select storage policies from the list, and click Next.
6 Review your settings and click Finish.
You can monitor the progress of the creation of the protection group on the Objects tab.
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For array-based replication and vSphere Replication protection groups, if Site Recovery Manager
successfully applied inventory mappings to the protected virtual machines, the protection status of
the protection group is OK.
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For storage policy protection groups, if Site Recovery Manager successfully protected all of the
virtual machines associated with the storage policy, the protection status of the protection group is
OK.
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