Backup proxy stops replicating with message: A new disk was added to a replicated virtual machine. Replication will be paused until the new disk is configured for replication.

Products

• VMware Live Recovery
• VMware vSphere ESXi
• VMware Cloud on AWS

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:
In the following set of conditions:

• VM configured for protection by vSphere Replication
• VM is a backup proxy
• Backups are configured with hot-add
• VM stops replicating with message:

A new disk was added to a replicated virtual machine. Replication will be paused until the new disk is configured for replication.

Cause

This is expected: vSphere Replication documentation

Resolution

vSphere Replication cannot be configured to automatically continue replicating, ignoring new vDisks.

Workaround:
In order to protect a backup proxy VM with vSphere Replication, change the backup software configuration so that is does not use the hot-add method.

Additional Information

Impact/Risks:
This work around may reduce the throughput performance for backups.