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thpereira
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GUID update on placeholder

So forgive my lack of knowledge on this matter but im trying to narrow down my direction so I can better address my concern. So we use a backup software xyz, have a vmware environment SITE A PROD and Site B DR (using SRM).

Whenever I restore a FULL VM with essentially deletes it from disk and restores a new one with a new GUID, thus showing as "invalid" in SRM. THE GUIDs no longer match. Is there any method from a SRM perspective (REST API) to help me to update the VM GUID after the restore? Or any other option?

Appreciate the time and support.

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ashilkrishnan
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Hi

SRM identifies VM objects using unique IDs provided by vCenter server. If you remove a SRM protected VM from vCenter inventory and re-register it or restore a copy, vCenter will register it with a new UID. SRM is expected to report such VMs as invalid.

Any reason why we are restoring SRM protected VMs ?

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