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Chapter 6 Recovery Site Configuration
7Settheresponsetimesforthevirtualmachinesintheplan(responsescannotbe
detectedonvirtualmachinesthatdonothaveVMwareToolsinstalled).
ChangeNetworkSettings:Ifthevirtualmachinedoesnotacquirethe
expectedIPaddresswithinthespecifiedintervalafterarecoverystepthat
changesnetworksettings,anerrorisreportedandtherecoveryplanproceeds
tothenextvirtualmachine.
WaitforOSHeartbeat:IfthevirtualmachinedoesnotreportanOSheartbeat
withinthespecifiedintervalafterbeingpoweredon,anerrorisreportedand
therecoveryplanproceedstothenextvirtualmachine.
8ClickNext.
9 Selectthenetworktouseduringrecoveryplantests,orselectAutoto
createan
isolatednetworkfromtheTestNetworkdropdownmenu.
IftherecoveryplanincludesvirtualmachinesthatrunLinuxandareDHCP
clients,besurethatthetestnetworkincludesaDHCPserver.
IfyourVIclusterattherecoverysiteusesVMwareHA,youmustcreateanduse
useatestVLANthatspansESXhosts.HAclustersdonotworkcorrectlyonother
testnetworkconfigurations.
10 ClickNext.
11 ExpandVirtualMachinesandtheDatacenter.
12 Selectthelocalvirtualmachinestosuspendwhentheplanistestedorrun,and
clickFinish.
Managing Recovery Plans
Whenyouselectarecoveryplaninthenavigationpane,yourrecoveryplandetails
appearinthemainviewingareaofthepage.Thefollowingtabsappearonthepage:
Summary—Providesasummaryoftherecoveryplan,includingname,
description,andcommandsyoucanrunfortheplan,suchaseditingortestingthe
plan.Thesummarytabisthedefault.
VirtualMachines—Displaysthevirtualmachinesthatthisrecoveryplanprotects.
RecoverySteps—Liststhestepsoftherecoveryplan.
History—Displayswhethertherecoveryplanwasrun,thedatewhenitran,the
durationoftherun,thestatus,andtheresultsoftheplan.Providesanoptionto
exportacopyoftheresultsinXML,HTML,orCSVformats.
Permissions—Liststheuserswhoareauthorizedtomaintaintherecoveryplan.