Virtual Machines That Cannot Be Replicated

After creating a VPG, you can add or remove virtual machines as required. Some virtual machines cannot be included in a VPG for replication. The VMs listed below will not appear in the Create VPG wizard.

In vSphere Environments

• A virtual machine with IDE devices.
• A virtual machine with a VRA installed on it (VM VRA).
• A virtual machine on a host that has no VRA installed.
• A virtual machine that was created after performing a Failover Test.
• A virtual machine with VMware Fault Tolerance.
• A virtual machine that is connected to DVDs.
• A virtual machine with no disks attached.
• A virtual machine that was not removed from the inventory.
• A virtual machine that has RDM attached to a Buslogic controller.

In vCloud Director

• A virtual machine with IDE devices.
• A virtual machine used for testing purposes.
• A virtual machine with no disks attached.
• A virtual machine created in and managed by vCD.

In Hyper-V Environments

• A virtual machine with a VRA installed on it (VM VRA).
• A virtual machine on a host that has no VRA installed.
• A virtual machine that was created after performing a Failover Test.
• A virtual machine that is connected to DVDs.
• A virtual machine with no disks attached.
• A virtual machine that was removed from the inventory.
• A virtual machine with pass-through disks and shared disks.

In Azure Environments

• A virtual machine that was created after performing a Failover Test.
• A virtual machine with no disks attached.
• A virtual machine that has multiple NICs using the same MAC address.
• Volumes residing in premium storage accounts.
• VMs with disks that are not Managed Premium disks, Managed Standard SSD disks or Managed Standard HDD disks.
• VMs with disks in storage accounts.

In AWS Environments

• A virtual machine that was created after performing a Failover Test.
• A virtual machine with no disks attached.