Recovery 1 vm rather than test them all in a file system?

I have 3 files called fs1, fs2 and fs3 systems.  On each file system, there is a good assortment of protected virtual machine, like 11-20 of the VM.

I need to resize the drive on one of our customers of windows server vm, and we did it all the time without problem.  But now that we have different without on our site of DR vs main site, we went to vsphere replication because it was independent of the storage.  Now we get the dreaded message that resizing disks are not based on replicated discs.  I can't believe that the system is not enough intelegent for this!  Looks like a simple clip to be able to resize a disk to give it more storage space.


So now this virtual machine is on filesystem fs1.  I have to do a restore of test, which means I have to wait for 13 VM here to perform a final synchronization to come online on the website of DR when all I have to do is raise this one machine so I can clone, and then tear down the test session.

I'm going by this document:

VMware KB: Resize virtual machine disk files that are protected by the replication of vSphere

In SRM when I go to Protection groups I can't just right click on the machine unique for a computer to test.  Its all or nothing.  Anyway this redesign?

I think I've figured this out.

I can remove the protection for this a machine in the fs1 protection group.  Delete the virtual machine for this protection group.  Create a new protection group and just put this virtual machine in it.  Then create a recovery plan and just put this protection in there group.  Then test this recovery plan.

A lot of work around when the easiest thing would be for VMWare just to allow you to resize a disk and replicate this change on the network.

When I can back up the virtual machine to the original protection group and basically to undo all changes.

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