Protection Groups And Replication; Listinventorymappings; Listprotectiongroups; Listreplicateddatastores - VMware VC-SRM4-A - vCenter Site Recovery Manager Developer's Manual

Site Recovery Manager API Developer's Guide

Protection Groups and Replication

This section covers the SRM API methods for protection groups and virtual machine replication.

ListInventoryMappings

You establish inventory mappings and placeholder datastores as described in the SRM Administration Guide.
This method returns the configured inventory mappings
Example 3-9. Method to list inventory mappings
inventoryMappingInfo = _service.ListInventoryMappings(_svcRef);
Parameter and return value:
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_svcRef – managed object reference to an SrmProtection object
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inventoryMappingInfo – a list of inventory mappings from the protected site to the recovery site:
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folders – a list of mapped VirtualMachine Folders
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networks – a list of mapped virtual machine Networks and dvPortgroups
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pools – a list of mapped Resource Pools

ListProtectionGroups

This method lists the configured protection groups.
Example 3-10. Method to list protection groups
SrmProtectionGroup[] = _service.ListProtectionGroups(_svcRef);
Parameter and return value:
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_svcRef – managed object reference to an SrmProtection object
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SrmProtectionGroup[] – an array of managed object references to all the SrmProtectionGroup managed
objects that are currently configured

ListReplicatedDatastores

This method queries and lists replicated datastores. A datastore is replicated if it contains any virtual machines
in a protection group.
Example 3-11. Method to list replicated datastores
Datastore[] = _service.ListReplicatedDatastores(_svcRef);
Parameter and return value:
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_svcRef – managed object reference to an SrmProtection object
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Datastore[] – an array of managed object references to the replicated Datastore managed objects
You can also query protected virtual machines with "ProtectionGroupQueryVmProtection" on page 26.

ProtectVms

This method adds virtual machines to a protection group. With array based replication, the protection group
is determined by datastore location of the virtual machines. With vSphere replication (VR), you use the
AssociateVms method to place virtual machines into a protection group.
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