Disaster Recovery User's Guide

Managing Disaster Recovery in
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When you subscribe to the Disaster Recovery service, you can use vCloud Air to monitor and manage the
virtual machines you are replicating to the cloud.
After setting up virtual machines for replication, use vCloud Air to monitor and manage the replication and
recovery for those virtual machines; for example, testing recovery or performing a recovery from a
placeholder virtual machine in vCloud Air in the event of a disruption at the source site.
After replication from the source site begins, you can modify the network and customization settings
configured for the placeholder virtual machine. Other settings for a placeholder virtual machine are not
available before you recover the virtual machine to the cloud. After you recover a virtual machine to the
cloud, it has the same capability that the virtual machine had at the source site. You can access and operate
your virtual machines recovered to the cloud for the following time periods:
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7 days to access and operate virtual machines when performing tests
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30 days to access and operate virtual machines when performing recovery
If you are an existing vCloud Air customer when you subscribed to the Disaster Recovery service, you will
see the Disaster Recovery tile once you sign in.
Figure 2‑1. vCloud Air Services
Clicking on the tile displays your new disaster recovery-enabled VDC, where you can replicate your on-
premises virtual machines in to this VDC, perform test and recovery failovers, as well as reverse
replications.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Assign a User to the Roles for Disaster Recovery,” on page 14
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“About Networks for the Disaster Recovery Service,” on page 15
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“About Placeholders in vCloud Air,” on page 15
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“Lease Times for Tests and Recoveries,” on page 17
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“About Test Recoveries,” on page 17
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