Failing over an ESX virtual machine

1. Click the Failover button.
2. Choose the Live failover option. This will allow the clients to use the target until the source is repaired. At this point, you can either:

• Use the target replica as a permanent production server by deleting the protection job, then selecting the Keep the associated replica virtual machine option. For more information, see Monitoring protected virtual machines.
• Move the latest data back to the source. To do this, complete the following steps.

3. Click the Reverse protection button. When you are prompted to confirm, click Yes.
4. Wait for the original source to be synchronized with changes from the target.
5. Click the Failover button.
6. Choose the Live failover option.
7. Click the Reverse protection button. When you are prompted to confirm, click Yes.

At this point, the protection job will be back in its original configuration.

1. Click the Failover button.
2. Choose the Test failover option.
3. Review the target virtual machine to verify that the data quality is acceptable. At this point, you can either:

• Undo the failover as described in step 4.
• Promote the replica virtual machine to be the production server by shutting down the source and enabling the target replica’s NIC through the Virtual Infrastructure client.

4. Click the Undo failover button. When you are prompted to confirm, click OK.

At this point, the protection job will be back in its original configuration.

When you select the Failover button, the following dialog box appears where you can select failover options.

1. Live failover—Select this option to perform a live failover with network connectivity to the target replica virtual machine. This option will shut down the source.
2. Test failover—Select this option to perform a test failover without network connectivity to the target replica virtual machine. The source will not be powered off.
3. Complete the current replication cycle before failover—Select this option to let the current replication cycle complete before failing over. If the protection job is not in the “Stopped” state, the failover will begin after the ongoing synchronization or replication cycle is complete.

Note:

If the protection job is in “Stopped” or “Error” state, or if the source is down, this option is not available. Failover will begin immediately.

4. Failover immediately—Select this option to begin the failover process immediately.
5. When you are finished, click Failover.