This is a known issue affecting vSphere Replication 5.1 and vCenter Site Recovery Manager 5.1.1 and earlier. This issue is resolve in SRM 5.1.2. For more information, see
Release note.
To work around the issue, enable replication as the quiescing option in vSphere Web Client 5.1.
To enable replication as the quiescing option available in the vSphere Web Client 5.1:
- In the Inventory Tree, click VMs and Templates.
- Right-click the powered on virtual machine.
- Click All vSphere Replication Actions, then click Configure Replication.
- Enter a Target Site and a Target Location.
- Under Replication settings, select Guest OS Quiescing.