Protection Group events provide information about actions and status related to protection groups.

These events have three categories:

  • Protection Group Replication Informational Events
  • Protection Group Replication Warning Events
  • Protection Group Replication Error Events
Table 1. Protection Group Replication Informational Events
Event Key Event Description Cause
ProtectionGroup > CreatedEvent Created protection group. Posted on both vCenter Servers in the completion of the Commit phase of creating a protection group.
ProtectionGroup > RemovedEvent Removed protection group. Posted on both vCenter Servers in the completion of the Commit phase of removing a protection group.
ProtectionGroup > ReconfiguredEvent Reconfigured protection group. Posted on both vCenter Servers in the completion of the Commit phase of reconfiguring a protection group.
ProtectedVmCreatedEvent Virtual machine in group is configured for protection. Posted on both vCenter Servers in the completion of the Commit phase of the protection of a virtual machine.
ProtectedVmRemovedEvent Virtual machine in group is no longer configured for protection. Posted on both vCenter Servers in the completion of the Commit phase of unprotecting a virtual machine.
ProtectedVmReconfiguredProtectionSettingsEvent Reconfigured protection settings for virtual machine. Posted on both vCenter Servers in the completion of the Commit phase of reconfiguring virtual machine protection settings.
ProtectedVmReconfiguredRecoveryLocationSettingsEvent Reconfigured recovery location settings for virtual machine. Posted on the protected site vCenter Server only on the successful completion of reconfiguring the recovery location settings for a protected virtual machine.
PlaceholderVmCreatedEvent The placeholder virtual machine was created in the VMware vCenter Server inventory. Posted on the Recovery site vCenter Server only when we create the placeholder virtual machine as a result of protection, repair.
PlaceholderVmCreatedFromOldProductionVmEvent The placeholder virtual machine was created in the VMware vCenter Server inventory using the identity of the old protected virtual machine. Posted on the Recovery site vCenter Server only when we create the placeholder virtual machine as a result of swapping for the old protected virtual machine during or after reprotect.
Table 2. Protection Group Replication Warning Events
Event Key Event Description Cause
VmNotFullyProtectedEvent Virtual machine in group: One or more devices need to be configured for protection. Posted on the protected site vCenter Server only upon device handling updating the recovery location settings with a non-empty unresolvedDevices set. This can be triggered by changes to the protected virtual machine or during reprotect of a virtual machine.
PlaceholderVmUnexpectedlyDeletedEvent Virtual machine in group: The placeholder virtual machine was removed from the VMware vCenter Server inventory. Posted on the Recovery site vCenter Server only when we detect that the placeholder virtual machine was unexpectedly deleted or removed from the vCenter inventory.
Table 3. Protection Group Replication Error Events
Event Key Event Description Cause
ProductionVmDeletedEvent Virtual machine in group: The protected virtual machine has been removed from the virtual machineware vCenter Server inventory. Posted when we detect that the protected virtual machine’s protected virtual machine has been deleted or removed from the vCenter inventory.
ProductionVmInvalidEvent Virtual machine in group: Cannot resolve the file locations of the protected virtual machine for replication. Posted whenever we handle device or recovery location changes but notice that the provider cannot find the protected virtual machine files in order to replicate them.