Create Virtual Machine and Protect It

The workflow creates a virtual machine with specified configuration, adds it to a protection group and enables protection.

Table 1. Create VM and Protect It workflow inputs

Input	Description
Virtual machine name	Name of the created virtual machine
Guest operating system to use with the virtual machine	Guest operating system (search for intended guest operating system)
Virtual machine folder	Folder in the vCenter Server inventory in which to place the virtual machine
Resource pool in which to create the virtual machine	Resource pool in the vCenter Server inventory in which to place the virtual machine
Host on which to create the virtual machine	Host in the vCenter Server inventory on which to place the virtual machine
Size of virtual disk in GB	Size of virtual machine hard drive in GB
Virtual machine memory in MB	Size of virtual machine memory in MB
Number of virtual processors	Number of virtual processors allocated to the virtual machine
The network to connect to	vCenter Server network to which the virtual machine connects
Datastore in which to store the virtual machine files	Datastore in vCenter Server in which the virtual machine files are placed
Make disk thin-provisioned	Thin or thick provisioned virtual machine disk
Protection Group	Protection group on local Site Recovery Manager. The protection group determines the type of replication.