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title: Enable replication for an added VMware virtual machine disk in Azure Site Recovery
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title: Enable replication for a added VMware virtual machine disk in Azure Site Recovery
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description: This article describes how to enable replication for a disk added to an VMware virtual machine that's enabled for disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery
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ms.author: ankitadutta
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author: ankitaduttaMSFT
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ms.topic: how-to
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ms.date: 02/15/2024
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ms.date: 02/23/2024
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ms.custom: engagement-fy23
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ms.service: site-recovery
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This article describes how to enable replication for newly added data disks that are added to a VMware virtual machine, which already has disaster recovery enabled to an Azure region, using [Azure Site Recovery](site-recovery-overview.md).
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Enabling replication for a disk you add to a virtual machine is supported for VMware virtual machines now.
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Enabling replication for a disk you add to a virtual machine is now supported for VMware virtual machines also.
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When you add a new disk to a VMware virtual machine that is replicating to an Azure region, the following occurs:
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**When you add a new disk to a VMware virtual machine that is replicating to an Azure region, the following occurs:**
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- Replication health for the virtual machine shows a warning, and a note in the portal informs you that one or more disks are available for protection.
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- If you enable protection for the added disks, the warning will disappear after initial replication of the disk.
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- If you choose not to enable replication for the disk, you can select to dismiss the warning.
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## Before you start
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1. In the vault > **Replicated Items**, select the virtual machine to which you added the disk.
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2. Select **Disks** > **Data disks** section of the protected item, and then select the data disk for which you want to enable replication (these disks have a **Not protected** status).
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> [!NOTE]
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> If the enable replication operation for this disk fails, you can resolve the issues and retry the operation.
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3. In **Disk Details**, select **Enable replication**.
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1. Confirm **Enable Replication**
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After the enable replication job runs and the initial replication finishes, the replication health warning for the disk issue is removed.
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## Next steps
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[Learn more](site-recovery-test-failover-to-azure.md) about running a test failover.
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