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machines to communicate, establish and select DVS switches or VLANs. With an isolated VLAN that

connects all hosts to each other but not to a production network, you can more realistically test a recovery.

To achieve connectivity among recovery hosts, but maintain isolation from the production network, follow

these recommendations:

Create DVS switches that are connected to an isolated VLAN that is private. Such a VLAN allows hosts

and virtual machines to be connected, but to be isolated from production virtual machines. Use a

naming convention that clearly designates that the DVS is for testing use, and select this DVS in the

recovery plan test network column in the recovery plan editor.

Create test VLANs on a physical network, providing no route back to the protected site. Trunk test

VLANs to recovery site vSphere clusters and create virtual switches for test VLAN IDs. Use a clear

naming convention to identify that these switches are for testing. Select these switches from the test

recovery network column in the recovery plan editor.

Create, Test, and Run a Recovery Plan

You perform several sets of tasks to create, test, and run a recovery plan.

Procedure

1 Create a Recovery Plan on page 46

You create a recovery plan to establish how Site Recovery Manager recovers virtual machines.

2 Edit a Recovery Plan on page 47

You can edit a recovery plan to change the properties that you specified when you created it. You can

edit recovery plans from the protected site or from the recovery site.

3 Test a Recovery Plan on page 48

When you test a recovery plan, Site Recovery Manager runs the virtual machines of the recovery plan

on a test network and on a temporary snapshot of replicated data at the recovery site.

Site Recovery Manager does not disrupt operations at the protected site.

4 Clean Up After Testing a Recovery Plan on page 48

After you test a recovery plan, you can return the recovery plan to the Ready state by running a

cleanup operation. You must complete the cleanup operation before you can run a failover or another

test.

5 Run a Recovery Plan on page 49

When you run a recovery plan, Site Recovery Manager migrates all virtual machines in the recovery

plan to the recovery site. Site Recovery Manager attempts to shut down the corresponding virtual

machines on the protected site.

6 Recover a Point-in-Time Snapshot of a Virtual Machine on page 50

With vSphere Replication, you can retain point-in-time snapshots of a virtual machine. You can

configure Site Recovery Manager to recover a number of point-in-time (PIT) snapshots of a virtual

machine when you run a recovery plan.

7 Cancel a Test or Recovery on page 51

You can cancel a recovery plan test whenever the status is test in progress or failover in progress.

Create a Recovery Plan

You create a recovery plan to establish how Site Recovery Manager recovers virtual machines.

Procedure

1 In the vSphere Web Client, select Site Recovery > Recovery Plans.

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