All vms fail to be recovered on a datastore due to an invalid vm

[pdrace]

I'm seeing this error for every configured VM on this particular volume when I run a test:

Error - Virtual machines "MBRDBPRDRestore1120" that are not protected by this protection group use datastores "VM_1ALB_T1_VOL1" that are in this protection group.

This vm is a copy of a vm that is in the protection group but it was restored to a different volume with a different name.

When I browse the datastore I'm not finding any files that look like they are related to the restored vm.

Any ideas?

[pdrace]

It appears that the restored vm is somehow attached to the protected volume. This volume shows up in the list for the Storage on this vm.

I just can't figure out how it is using the volume. It's not an ISO and there are no drives attached from the protected volume.

[john23 · Accepted solution]

check swap file...

[pdrace]

Yes, I found it and forgot to post,

I downloaded the vmx file and found it was pointing to the original server's swap file.

It was never powered on after the restore, I assume that would have updated the swap file location.