CreateHbrProtectionGroup
Create a host
based replication (vSphere replication) protection group using the provided
VMs. 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.
The protection group name cannot be
the same as the folder in which it will be created.
Synopsis
CreateProtectionGroupTask createHbrProtectionGroup(Folder location, String name,@optional String description, vim.VirtualMachine[] vms)
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
|
vms
| virtual machines to associate with the new protection group. The virtual
machine list cannot be empty. |
Returns
CreateProtectionGroupTask
to
monitor the asynchronous operation of this method. For more information, see Create Protection Group Task.Faults
- InternalError
- InvalidArgument
- InvalidType
- ReplicationProviderFault
- RuntimeFault
See
Faults in Site Recovery Manager API
for more details.
CreateHbrProtectionGroup
ManagedObjectReference hbrGroupRef = srmPortType.createHbrProtectionGroup(ManagedObjectReference _this, ManagedObjectReference location, String name, String description, List < ManagedObjectReference > vms); 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: - ConnectionDownFaultif the other site involved in the operation could not be contacted.
- DuplicateNameif a group with this name already exists.
- StringArgumentTooLongif the size of either name or description in the settings parameter is too long.