Removing Protected Virtual Machines from the Hypervisor Inventory
From time to time, a virtual machine or a host is removed from the hypervisor inventory for various purposes, such as maintenance. If the removed virtual machines are protected in VPGs, the VPGs enter a pause state and the replication is paused. The checkpoints of the VPG are retained. The removed virtual machine is grayed out in the virtual machines tab in the dashboard as well as in the Edit VPGs, VMs tab.
When a VPG is in a state of pause, the recovery of all the virtual machines, including the removed, grayed out virtual machines, 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, do one of the following:
■ Return the virtual machine or the host back into the hypervisor inventory.
■ In Edit VPG, remove from the VPG the virtual machine that was previously removed from VMware inventory.
