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4) Provisioning mode.

Specify the provisioning mode that will be used on the target VM replicas. The modes are thin
provisioning/thick provisioning/flat provisioning/As an original. The default mode is Thin
provisioning. Flat provisioning mode is used for ESXi version 5.0+.

When you click on the Save button, all your task parameters will be saved and you will see the
created task in the Tasks view. Clicking on the Save & Run button will save the task and run it right
away.

9.2 Managing replicated VMs

9.2.1 Replicated VM Manager

On the Replicas (View -> Replicas) page you can see all the created replicas that are detected on all
the ESX(i) hosts added to the Acronis Backup for VMware Agent. You can also manage your replicas
here.

The replicas list contains information on the original replicated virtual machines, it's replicas, last
update times and statuses (Replication scheduled/not scheduled). Select the VM replica to see it's
detailed information.

In the VM Info tab on the right, you can see the summary information about the original VM for the
selected replica:

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ESX(i) Host information.

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Datastore information.

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Resource Pool where original VM is stored.

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Guest VM information.