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A Replica server must be configured to accept replication requests

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Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016

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Property Details
Operating System Windows Server 2016
Product/Feature Hyper-V
Severity Error
Category Configuration

In the following sections, italics indicates UI text that appears in the Best Practices Analyzer tool for this issue.

Issue

This computer is designated as a Hyper-V Replica server but is not configured to accept incoming replication data from primary servers.

Impact

This server cannot accept replication traffic from primary servers.

Resolution

Use Hyper-V Manager to specify which primary servers this Replica server should accept replication data from.

Create authorization entries using Hyper-V Manager

  1. Open Hyper-V Manager. (From Server Manager, click Tools > Hyper-V Manager.)

  2. From the list of hosts, right-click the one you want, then click Hyper-V Settings.

  3. In the navigation pane, click Replication Configuration.

  4. Under Authorization and storage, click Allow replication from the specified servers.

  5. Below the list of servers, click Add.

  6. Under Add Authorization Entry:

    • Type the fully qualified name of the first server.

    • Specify a dedicated location to store only that server's files.

  7. Click OK.

  8. Repeat for each primary server.

  9. Click OK again to finish and close the window.

Create authorization entries using Windows PowerShell

  1. Open Windows PowerShell. (From the desktop, click Start and start typing Windows PowerShell.)

  2. Right-click Windows PowerShell and click Run as administrator.

  3. Run a command similar to the following, replacing:

    • The primary server name of server01.domain01.contoso.com with the fully qualified domain name of your server.

    • The location of D:\ReplicaVMStorage with your location.

    • The trust group named DEFAULT with name of your group, if you've created one. If not, use DEFAULT.

New-VMReplicationAuthorizationEntry server01.domain01.contoso.com D:\ReplicaVMStorage DEFAULT