Removing Protected Virtual Machines from the Hypervisor Inventory
From time to time, a virtual machine (VM) or a host is removed from the hypervisor inventory for various purposes, such as maintenance. If the removed VMs are protected in VPGs, the VPGs enter a pause state and the replication is paused. The removed VM is grayed out in the VMs tab in the site.
When a VPG is in a state of pause, the recovery of all the VMs, including the removed, grayed out VMs, is possible.
For VPGs to enter a state of pause and to enable the replication to pause, the following conditions must apply:
■ The ZVM on the protected and recovery sites are of version 5.5 and higher.
■ The VRA installed on the recovery site is of version 5.5 and higher.
To resume replication, in Edit VPG, remove from the VPG the VM that was removed from the inventory.