Change Replication Settings

You can edit replication settings to modify how long
Site Recovery Manager
waits for the creation of virtual machine placeholders to finish.
  1. In the
    vSphere Client
    , click
    Site Recovery
    Open Site Recovery
    .
  2. On the
    Site Recovery
    home tab, select a site pair, and click
    View Details
    .
  3. In the left pane, click
    Configure
    Advanced Settings
    Replication
    .
  4. Select a site, and click
    Edit
    to change the settings.
    Option
    Action
    Set the time interval in minutes between two executions of the cleanup task for archived recovery settings. The default value is 1440 minutes.
    Enter a new value in the
    replication.archiveRecoverySettingsCleanupInterval
    text box.
    Set the time duration in days to keep the archived recovery settings. The default value is 30 days.
    Enter a new value in the
    replication.archiveRecoverySettingsLifetime
    text box.
    Exclude CD/DVD and floppy media devices from protection. The default value is true.
    To deactivate the setting, move the slider to change the value of
    replication.autoExcludeMediaDevices
    to false.
    Automatically try to select placeholder datastores. The default value is true.
    To deactivate the setting, move the slider to change the value of
    replication.automaticPlaceholderDatastoreSelection
    to false.
    Set the minimum amount of free disk space available in megabytes for an automatic placeholder datastore selection. The default value is 50 MB.
    To change the amount of free disk space, enter a new value in the
    replication.automaticPlaceholderDatastoreSelectionMinFreeSpace
    text box.
    Use minimum CPUs and memory resources when creating a placeholder virtual machine. The default value is false.
    Move the slider to change the value
    replication.createPlaceholderVmWithMinResources
    to true.
    Skip the check for non-protected replica virtual machines while deactivating the protection site during Planned Migration. The default value is false.
    Move the slider to change the value
    replication.disablePiggybackVmsCheckDuringDeactivate
    to true.
    Change the timeout in seconds to wait when creating a placeholder virtual machine. The default value is 300 seconds.
    Enter a new value in the
    replication.placeholderVmCreationTimeout
    text box.
    Keep individual VM inventory mappings in case of a site-wide inventory mappings change. If the value is set to false, in case of a site-wide inventory mappings change
    Site Recovery Manager
    overrides the original individual VM inventory mappings. If the value is set to true, Site Recovery Manager keeps the original individual VM inventory mappings until explicit change or VM protection recreation. The default value is false.
    Move the slider to change the value of
    replication.keepOverridesOnInvMappingChange
    to true.
    Keep individual VM inventory mappings in case of production VM relocation. You can configure individual inventory mappings on virtual machines through Configure Protection. If the value is set to false, in case of a production VM relocation
    Site Recovery Manager
    always updates the VM protection uppon inventory mappings for the new production VM location. If the value is set to true, Site Recovery Manager keeps the original individual VM inventory mappings until explicit change or VM protection recreation. The default value is false.
    Move the slider to change the value of
    replication.keepOverridesOnVmPlacementChange
    to true.
    Activate or deactivate the preservation of VM Tags on the recovery site for recovered virtual machines. The default value is true.
    Move the slider to change the value of
    replication.preserveVmTags
    to false.
    To attach tags to recovered virtual machines on the recovery site, the setting must be set to true on the recovery site.
    Update VM protection in case of inventory mappings change. The default value is true.
    Move the slider to change the value of
    replication.updateVmProtectionOnInvMappingChange
    to false.
    Update VM protection in case of production VM relocation by applying the inventory mappings on the new production VM location. The default value is true.
    Move the slider to change the value of
    replication.updateVmProtectionOnPlacementChange
    to false.
  5. To save your changes, click
    OK
    .