Performing a Failover
- John Hicks
Initiating a Failover
Once the first replication has completed, further replications will continue as defined by the chosen SLA Profile.
If or when the time comes to fail over the virtual machine:
Select the virtual machine and click on the Fail Over icon (available also via All Actions menu)
Choose whether to
Consolidate VM disks
Power on the VM
Connect to a VCD network or keep preconfigured settings
Choose a recovery instance to failover from and click Next
Multiple recovery instances will be available based on the SLA Profile you have chosen and the length of time the protection job has ran for
Review the summary and click Finish to complete
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
Observe the progress of the failover
Once completed, go back to Data Centers and the target VDC and find the failed over virtual machine