The replication configuration is the 1st Step. once the Appliances for vSphere replication are deployed from SRM you will have them available as a mode of replication.
When you try to create a new protection group it gives you an option of using array based replication and vSphere replication. when you choose vsphere replication the replicated VMs can be configured for protection.
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