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Observe the progress of the replication
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Initiating a Failover
Once the first replication has completed, further replications will continue as definid by the chosen SLA Profile.
If or when the time comes to fail over the virtual machine:
Select the correct virtual machine and click on the Fail Over icon (available also via All Actions menu
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Choose whether to
Consolidate VM disks
Power on the VM
Connect to a VCD network or keep preconfigured settings
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Choose a recovery instance to failover from and click Next
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Numerous recovery instances will be available based on the SLA Profile you have chosen and the length of time the protection job has ran for |
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Review the summary and click Finish to complete
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During a failover the assumption is that the source VM is no longer available. The failover job will not attempt to shut down the source VM |
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Observe the progress of the failover
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Once completed, go back to Data Centers and the target VDC and find the failed over virtual machine
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