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Configuring protected and recovery site resources

You must configure your resources like VM networks, ESXi hosts, and folders on both the protected site to enable identification of each resource on the protected site with a resource at the recovery site.

You must complete the following resource configurations:

  • Network mappings
  • Folder mappings
  • Resource mappings
  • Placeholder datastores
  • Configuring network mappings
    You must map your networks on the protected site and the recovery site to enable communication between them.
  • Configuring folder mappings
    You must map your folders on the protected site and recovery site to enable communication between them.
  • Configuring resource mappings
    You must map your resources on the protected site and recovery site so that virtual machines are configured to fail over into one group of hosts or the other.
  • Configuring placeholder datastores
    You must configure a placeholder datastore to hold a place in the vCenter inventory at the recovery site for the protected virtual machine (VM). The placeholder datastore does not need to be large as the placeholder VMs are small and use only a few hundred or fewer kilobytes.