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9 (Optional) To save multiple replication instances that can be converted to snapshots of the source
virtual machine during recovery, select Enable in the Point in time instances pane, and adjust the
number of instances to keep.
Note You can keep up to 24 instances for a virtual machine. This means that if you configure
vSphere Replication to keep 6 replication instances per day, the maximum number of days you can
set is 4 days.
The number of replication instances that vSphere Replication keeps depends on the configured
retention policy, and requires that the RPO period is short enough for these instances to be created.
Because vSphere Replication does not check whether the RPO settings will create enough instances
to keep, and does not display a warning message if the number of instances is not sufficient, you
must ensure that you set vSphere Replication to create the instances that you want to keep. For
example, if you set vSphere Replication to keep 6 replication instances per day, the RPO period
should not exceed 4 hours, so that vSphere Replication can create 6 instances in 24 hours.
10 Click Next.
11 On the Ready to complete page, review the replication settings, and click Finish.
A virtual machine configuration task appears in the Recent Tasks list at the bottom of the
vSphere Web Client. A progress bar indicates that the source virtual machine is being configured for
replication.
If the configuration operation completes successfully, the replication task that you created appears in the
list of outgoing replications on the vSphere Replication tab under Monitor.
Note If the replication source virtual machine is powered off, the replication remains in Not Active
state until you power on the virtual machine.
What to do next
On the vSphere Replication tab under Monitor, you can check the state of each replication. See
Monitoring the Status of Replication Tasks.
You can click a replication task in the list and use the tabs at the bottom of the vSphere Web Client to
view details about the replication, the recovery status, and the latest performed test, if test results are not
cleared yet.
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