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Recovering Virtual Machines to Cloud 7
You can check if virtual machines are properly replicated in the cloud, and migrate replicated virtual
machines to your cloud organization.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Test Recovery to Cloud,” on page 33
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“Planned Migration to Cloud,” on page 34
Test Recovery to Cloud
Test recoveries allow you to verify that source data is replicated correctly on the target site.
When you initiate a replication task to cloud, Disaster Recovery to Cloud creates a placeholder virtual
machine on the target virtual data center. If the replication uses a seed, that seed is the placeholder virtual
machine. The placeholder virtual machine is not visible on the network and is not accessible until you
recover it or run a test recovery.
N During test recovery, Disaster Recovery to Cloud does not create a copy of the recovered virtual
machine. When you run a test recovery, the placeholder virtual machine is recongured and connected to
the selected test network so that you can log in and verify the replication progress.
Run a Test Recovery to Cloud
You run a test recovery to verify that data is replicated correctly from the source virtual machine to the
target cloud organization.
You run test recoveries for replication tasks that appear in the vSphere Web Client, on the Monitor tab,
under vSphere Replication, in the Outgoing Replications list.
Test recoveries are allowed for the following replication statuses: OK, OK (RPO Violation), Error, Error (RPO
Violation), Full Sync, Full Sync (RPO Violation), Not Active, Not Active (RPO Violation), Paused, Sync, Sync
(RPO Violation).
N You cannot run a test recovery before you clean up your previous test results for a replication.
Prerequisites
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Congure at least one replication task.
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