CreateAbrProtectionGroup

Create a new storage array-based ProtectionGroup using the provided datastores. This method does not automatically protect VMs on the storage array. Programs must call

ProtectVms()

separately for VMs on the storage array to be protected. If you have a replicated datastore with an existing VM on it and then create an ABR group, the VM will not be auto protected. Workaround is to add another VM to the datastore after the ABR protection group is created. This causes both the VMs to be protected with autoprotect.

The protection group name cannot be the same as the folder in which it will be created.

Synopsis

CreateProtectionGroupTask createAbrProtectionGroup(Folder location, String name,@optional String description, vim.Datastore[] datastores)

Parameter	Description
location	folder in which to create the protection group
name	the name of the protection group
description	an optional description of the protection group
datastores	array of datastores to add to the new protection group

Returns

CreateProtectionGroupTask

to monitor the asynchronous operation of this method. For more information, see Create Protection Group Task.

Faults

InvalidArgument

InvalidType

ReplicationProviderFault

RuntimeFault

See Faults in Site Recovery Manager API for more details.

Example for CreateAbrProtectionGroup

ManagedObjectReference abrGroupRef = srmPortType.createAbrProtectionGroup(ManagedObjectReference _this,
  ManagedObjectReference location,
  String name,
  String description,
  List < ManagedObjectReference > datastores);

Where ManagedObjectReference _this = _protectionRef;
where _protectionRef can be taken from:
  SrmServiceInstanceContent content = _srmPortType.retrieveContent(_svcRef);
ManagedObjectReference _protectionRef = content.getProtection();

The following exceptions are presented by the

CreateProtectionGroupTask

instance that is returned by the

CreateAbrProtectionGroup

and

CreateHbrProtectionGroup

methods:

ConnectionDownFault

if the other site involved in the operation could not be contacted.

DuplicateName

if a group with this name already exists.

StringArgumentTooLong

if the size of either name or description in the settings parameter is too long.

Protection

Content feedback and comments

VMware Site Recovery Manager 8.8

CreateAbrProtectionGroup

Synopsis

Faults