Reconfiguration of replication fails if destination datastore is changed from VVOL to VMFS or NFS
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Article ID: 323074
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VMware Live RecoveryVMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms: Reconfigure replication task fails with an error message saying that file cannot be created
Environment
VMware vSphere Replication 8.x
Cause
When the destination datastore for some virtual machine disks is changed from VVOL to VMFS or NFS, the reconfigure replication task will fail because the replica disks cannot be moved from VVOL to VMFS/NFS datastores.
Resolution
This is a known issue, affecting vSphere Replication 8.2 No resolution is available at this time, see the workaround section.
Workaround: To work around this issue:
Reconfigure replication and disable replication for the VM disks that are on VVOL and you want to move.
Reconfigure replication again and enable replication for the disks you excluded in step 1 as you select the new destination datastore.
Note: The workaround requires entire disks data to be transferred to the destination datastore again