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Recovering Virtual Machines to
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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 Recovering Virtual Machines to Cloud
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Planned Migration to Cloud
Test Recovering Virtual Machines to Cloud
You can use test recoveries to verify that source data is replicated correctly on the cloud 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.
Note 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 reconfigured 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.
Note If the test network is not isolated from the production network and these networks have common
routing, a test recovery of a replicated virtual machine might result in duplicate MAC addresses in your
virtual data center. If you use the same network for test recoveries and for production, and if you have not
disabled the automatic copying of network configurations, see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2086292.
Prerequisites
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Configure at least one replication task.
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Verify that the status of the replication task allows running test recoveries.
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