Datastore Group Based Protection Groups

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Once selected, available array pairs will be listed. Choose an array pair that is enabled (green checkmark). If the array pair is not listed, ensure theSRM User Guide: Configuring the FlashArray SRA Array Managers and/or the arrays have a replication connection between them.

Click Next.

The wizard will then list all of the valid replication devices for that array pair. If the devices are grouped it means that one or more VMs are using multiple devices at once, therefore SRM is enforcing their grouping.

You can select one or many groups (and you can add or remove more later as needed) to add them to this protection group.

For ActiveDR, consistency groups are advertised to SRM and that consistency group includes all devices in an ActiveDR source pod. This will then force all volumes in an ActiveDR pod to be in the same datastore group and therefore they are all required to be managed by the same SRM protection group.