Create vSphere Replication Protection Groups

Create vSphere Replication protection groups to protect virtual machines for which you configured vSphere Replication.

Prerequisites

Verify that you configured vSphere Replication on virtual machines.

Procedure

1. In the vSphere Client, click Site Recovery > Open Site Recovery.
2. On the Site Recovery home tab, select a site pair, and click View Details.
3. Click the Protection Groups tab, and click New Protection Group to create a protection group.
4. On the Name and direction page, enter a name and description for the protection group, select a direction, and click Next.
5. On the Type page, select Individual VMs (vSphere Replication), and click Next.
   
6. Select virtual machines from the list to add to the protection group 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.
7. On the Recovery plan page, you can optionally add the protection group to a recovery plan.

   Option	Description
   Add to existing recovery plan	Adds the protection group to an existing recovery plan.
   Add to new recovery plan	Adds the protection group to a new recovery plan. If you select this option, you must enter a recovery plan name.
   Do not add to recovery plan now	Select this option if you do not want to add the protection group to a recovery plan.

8. Review your settings and click Finish.

Results

You can monitor the progress of the creation of the protection group on the Protection Group tab.

• If Site Recovery Manager successfully applied inventory mappings to the protected virtual machines, the protection status of the protection group is OK.
• If you did not configure inventory mappings, or if Site Recovery Manager was unable to apply them, the protection status of the protection group is Not Configured.

What to do next

If the protection status of the protection group is Not Configured, apply inventory mappings to the virtual machines:

• To apply site-wide inventory mappings, or to check whether inventory mappings that you have already set are valid, see Configure Inventory Mappings. To apply these mappings to all the virtual machines, see Apply Inventory Mappings to All Members of an Array-Based, Virtual Volumes, or vSphere Replication Protection Group.
• To apply inventory mappings to each virtual machine in the protection group individually, see Configure Inventory Mappings for an Individual Virtual Machine in an Array-Based, Virtual Volumes, or vSphere Replication Protection Group.