Getprotectionstate; Listprotecteddatastores; Listprotectedvms - VMware VC-SRM4-A - vCenter Site Recovery Manager Developer's Manual

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peerPtGrp – managed object reference to the SrmProtectionGroupPeer object

GetProtectionState

Get current state of the specified protection group. Not to be confused with "GetProtectionStatus" on page 24,
which returns a virtual machine's (un)protect status, not the state of an entire protection group.
Example 3-20. Method to get protection state
ptState = _service.GetProtectionState(_svcPtGrp);
Parameter and return value:
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_svcPtGrp – managed object reference to the local SrmProtectionGroup object
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ptState – enumeration for SrmProtectionGroupProtectionState:
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failedOver – the protection group has been failed‐over to the remote site
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partiallyRecovered – the protection group is partially recovered
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ready – the protection group is in a ready state
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recovered – the protection group has been recovered
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recovering – the protection group is in the process of being recovered
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shadowing – this protection group is shadowing the remote‐site group that is in ready state
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testing – the protection group is currently being tested

ListProtectedDatastores

This method retrieves a list of datastores that are protected by the specified protection group. A datastore can
be a VMFS volume, a NAS directory, or a local file system path.
Example 3-21. Method to list protected datastores
datastore[] = _service.ListProtectedDatastores(_svcPtGrp);
Parameter and return value:
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_svcPtGrp – managed object reference to the local SrmProtectionGroup object
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datastore[] – array of managed object references to Datastore objects

ListProtectedVms

This method retrieves a list of virtual machines that are protected by the specified protection group.
Example 3-22. Method to list protected virtual machines
protectedVm[] = _service.ListProtectedVms(_svcPtGrp);
Parameter and return value:
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_svcPtGrp – managed object reference to the local SrmProtectionGroup object
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protectedVm[] – array of SrmProtectionGroupProtectedVm data objects with the following fields:
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faults – any faults associated with this protected virtual machine
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needsConfiguration – the protected virtual machine needs to be configured or repaired
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peerProtectedVm – the protected virtual machine identifier on the remote site
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peerState – the protection state on the remote site
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