5.5

Create, Test, and Run a Recovery Plan 42
Create a Recovery Plan 43
Edit a Recovery Plan 43
Suspend Virtual Machines When a Recovery Plan Runs 44
Test a Recovery Plan 44
Clean Up After Testing a Recovery Plan 45
Run a Recovery Plan 45
Recover a Point-in-Time Snapshot of a Virtual Machine 46
Export Recovery Plan Steps 47
View and Export Recovery Plan History 47
Cancel a Test or Recovery 48
Delete a Recovery Plan 48
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Reprotecting Virtual Machines After a Recovery 49
How SRM Performs Reprotect 50
Preconditions for Performing Reprotect 51
Reprotect Virtual Machines 51
Reprotect States 52
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Restoring the Pre-Recovery Site Configuration By Performing Failback 53
Perform a Failback 54
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Customizing a Recovery Plan 57
Recovery Plan Steps 57
Specify the Recovery Priority of a Virtual Machine 58
Creating Custom Recovery Steps 58
Types of Custom Recovery Steps 59
How SRM Handles Custom Recovery Steps 60
Create Top-Level Command Steps 60
Create Top-Level Message Prompt Steps 61
Create Command Steps for Individual Virtual Machines 61
Create Message Prompt Steps for Individual Virtual Machines 62
Guidelines for Writing Command Steps 62
Environment Variables for Command Steps 62
Customize the Recovery of an Individual Virtual Machine 63
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Customizing IP Properties for Virtual Machines 65
Customize IP Properties For an Individual Virtual Machine 66
Report IP Address Mappings for Recovery Plans 67
Customizing IP Properties for Multiple Virtual Machines 67
Syntax of the DR IP Customizer Tool 68
Structure of the DR IP Customizer CSV File 69
Modifying the DR IP Customizer CSV File 72
Run DR IP Customizer to Customize IP Properties for Multiple Virtual Machines 77
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Advanced SRM Configuration 79
Configure Protection for a Virtual Machine or Template 79
Configure Resource Mappings for a Virtual Machine 80
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