If the status of a protection group is Not Configured, you can configure protection for all of the unconfigured virtual machines by using existing site-wide inventory mappings, in one step.

Site Recovery Manager applies site-wide inventory mappings to virtual machines when you create a protection group or when you add virtual machines to an existing protection group. If you change the site-wide inventory mappings after you create a protection group or add virtual machines to it, the virtual machines continue to recover with the original inventory mappings. To apply new inventory mappings, you must reconfigure protection on the virtual machines in the protection group.

The status of a protection group can be Not Configured for several reasons:

  • You did not configure site-wide inventory mappings before you created the protection group.
  • You did not configure placeholder datastore mappings before you created the protection group.
  • You added virtual machines to a protection group after you created it.
  • Virtual machines lost their protection, possibly because you reconfigured them after you added them to a protection group. For example, you added or removed virtual disks or devices.

Prerequisites

  • Configure or reconfigure site-wide inventory mappings. To select inventory mappings, see Select Inventory Mappings in Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration.
  • Configure or reconfigure placeholder datastore mappings. To configure a placeholder datastore, see Configure a Placeholder Datastore in Site Recovery Manager Installation and Configuration.

Procedure

  1. In the vSphere Web Client, click Site Recovery > Protection Groups.
  2. Select a protection group and on the Related Objects tab, click the Virtual Machines tab.
  3. Click the Configure All icon.
    At least one virtual machine in the protection group must be in the Not Configured state for the Configure All button to be activated.
  4. Click Yes to confirm that you want to apply inventory mappings to all unconfigured virtual machines.
    • If Site Recovery Manager successfully applied inventory mappings to the virtual machines, the status of the protection group is OK.
    • If Site Recovery Manager was unable to apply some or all of the inventory mappings, the status of the virtual machines is Not Configured or Mapping Missing.
    • If Site Recovery Manager applied the inventory mappings, but was unable to create placeholders for virtual machines, the status of the virtual machines is Placeholder VM creation error.
  5. (Optional) If the status of the virtual machines is Not Configured or Mapping Missing, check the inventory mappings and click Configure All again.
  6. (Optional) If the status of the virtual machines is Placeholder VM creation error, check the placeholder datastore mapping and try to recreate the placeholder virtual machines.
    • To recreate the placeholder for an individual virtual machine, right-click a virtual machine and select Recreate Placeholder.
    • To recreate the placeholder for several virtual machines, right-click the protection group and select Restore Placeholder VMs.