Dynamic protection of storage resources for disaster recovery

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer software executable by a processor, the computer software embodying a method for protecting storage resources for disaster recovery, the method comprising:

• retrieving replication properties associated with a first logical storage device from a first storage system, wherein the first storage system configured to perform array-based replication with a corresponding second storage system;
• assigning the retrieved replication properties to a datastore stored in the first logical storage device, wherein the datastore comprises a logical container configured to store virtual machine files;
• associating the datastore with a storage profile based on a determination that the replication properties match a rule set of the storage profile;
• and
• adding the datastore associated with the storage profile to a protection group configured to provide disaster recovery protection of the datastore from a protected site to a recovery site.

A computer system for protecting of storage resources for disaster recovery, the computer system comprising:

• a first storage system configured to perform array-based replication with a corresponding second storage system;
• and
• a processor programmed to carry out the steps of:
• retrieving replication properties associated with a first logical storage device from the first storage system;
• assigning the retrieved replication properties to a datastore stored in the first logical storage device, wherein the datastore comprises a logical container configured to store virtual machine files;
• associating the datastore with a storage profile based on a determination that the replication properties match a rule set of the storage profile;
• and
• adding the datastore associated with the storage profile to a protection group configured to provide disaster recovery protection of the datastore from a protected site to a recovery site.