Reprotect operation fails with an error

When you are replicating virtual machines at a large scale, reprotect might fail with an error.

Problem

The operation might fail with the following error:

Unable to reverse replication for the virtual machine A generic error occurred in the vSphere Replication Management Server "java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out

Solution

1. Establish an SSH connection to the vSphere Replication Appliance.
2. Run the following command:
   /opt/vmware/hms/bin/hms-configtool -cmd reconfig -property hms-default-vlsi-client-timeout=15
3. Restart the HMS service.