Storage Container mapping is a fundamental requirement for successful replication between Nutanix clusters, as it defines where the replicated recovery point data will reside on the destination cluster. In the early versions of Nutanix Disaster Recovery, administrators had to manually map source containers to destination containers to ensure the replication stream had a valid landing zone. However, to simplify the deployment of BCDR solutions and reduce manual configuration errors, modern Nutanix Disaster Recovery behavior has been enhanced. If the system detects that a VM is protected but no manual container mapping has been established in Prism Central, it will proactively check the recovery site for a container with the same name as the source. If that container does not exist, the orchestrator will automatically create a new storage container with the identical name on the remote cluster to allow replication to proceed without interruption. This automation ensures that " out-of-the-box " protection policies can function immediately even if the recovery site hasn ' t been fully pre-provisioned with storage structures. This behavior prevents replication from failing due to minor administrative oversights and maintains the integrity of the data protection schedule.