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6 (Optional) To apply these mappings to all protected virtual machines on the site, select the Save as
Inventory Mapping check box for each resource.
If you do not select the check box, the mapping is only applied to this virtual machine.
7 Click OK.
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If Site Recovery Manager successfully applied inventory mappings to the virtual machine, the
status of the virtual machine is OK.
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If Site Recovery Manager was unable to apply some or all of the inventory mappings, the status of
the virtual machine is Not Configured or Mapping Missing.
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If Site Recovery Manager applied the inventory mappings but was unable to create a placeholder
virtual machine, the status of the virtual machine is Placeholder VM creation error.
8 (Optional) If the status of the virtual machine is Not Configured or Mapping Missing, select Configure
Protection again and check the inventory mappings.
9 (Optional) If the status of the virtual machine is Placeholder VM creation error, check the placeholder
datastore mapping at the site level, right-click the virtual machine, and select Recreate Placeholder.
Modifying the Settings of a Protected Virtual Machine
Modifying the settings of a virtual machine that is included in a protection group, to add or change storage
devices, such as hard disks or DVD drives, can affect the protection of that virtual machine.
NOTE You cannot modify the settings of a virtual machine that you protect in a storage policy protection
group.
If you use array-based replication, adding or changing devices on a protected virtual machine affects
protection depending on how you create the new device.
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If the new device is on a replicated datastore that is not part of a protection group, the protection group
that contains the virtual machine goes into the Not Configured state. Reconfigure the protection group
to add the datastore that contains the new device to the protection group.
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If the new device is on a replicated datastore that a different protection group protects, the protection of
the virtual machine is invalid.
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If the new device is on an unreplicated datastore, you must replicate the datastore or remove protection
from the device.
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If you use Storage vMotion to move a virtual machine to an unreplicated datastore, or to a replicated
datastore on an array for which Site Recovery Manager does not have a storage replication adapter
(SRA), the protection of the virtual machine is invalid. You can use Storage vMotion to move a virtual
machine to a datastore that is part of another protection group.
If you add a device to a virtual machine that you protect by using vSphere Replication, you must
reconfigure vSphere Replication on the virtual machine to select the replication options for the new device.
For information about reconfiguring vSphere Replication settings, see the vSphere Replication
documentation at https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere-replication-pubs.html.
After you modify virtual machines in array-based and vSphere Replication protection groups, you must
reconfigure protection for any virtual machines that have a status of Not Configured, Device Not Found,
Unresolved Devices, or Mapping Missing. See “Apply Inventory Mappings to All Members of a Protection
Group,” on page 57 and “Configure Inventory Mappings for an Individual Virtual Machine in a Protection
Group,” on page 58.
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