Datastores have the prefix snap-xx added to it upon successful recovery using Site Recovery Mananager / VMware Live Recovery

Products

• VMware Live Recovery

Issue/Introduction

The datastore name is changed and a prefix snap-xx is added to the datastore name after performing a successful recovery with the VMware Site Recovery Manager or Live Recovery while using array-based replication.

Environment

SRM 8.x, 9.x

Cause

This is an expected behaviour while using array-based replication.

Resolution

Go to SRM advanced settings and change the value of "storageProvider.fixRecoveredDatastoreNamesDelaySec" to True.

Additional Information

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/live-recovery/live-site-recovery/9-0/how-do-i-protect-my-environment/advanced-srm-configuration/reconfigure-srm-settings/change-storage-provider-settings.html