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Table Of Contents
- vSphere Replication for Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Contents
- About Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Disaster Recovery to Cloud System Requirements and Compatibility
- Installing and Configuring vSphere Replication to Cloud
- Installing vSphere Replication for Disaster Recovery to Cloud
- Upgrading vSphere Replication from Earlier Product Versions
- Configure the NTP Synchronization in Your Environment
- How vSphere Replication Connects to Cloud
- Configuring the Connection to the Cloud
- Connect to a Cloud Provider Site
- Reconfiguring a Site Pair and Breaking a Site Pair
- Select Recovery Networks on the Target Virtual Data Center
- Select Recovery Networks from Cloud to the Local Site
- Disable the Automatic Export of MAC Addresses During Replication
- Cloud Connection States
- Reconnect to a Cloud Provider Site
- Replicating Virtual Machines to Cloud
- Reconfiguring Replications to the Cloud
- Recovering Virtual Machines to Cloud
- Configuring Replications from Cloud
- Recovering Virtual Machines from Cloud
- Monitoring and Managing Replications in vSphere Replication
Prerequisites
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Configure at least one replication task from the cloud provider site to your local site.
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Verify that the status of the replication task allows running test recoveries.
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, and Sync (RPO Violation).
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If you have run test recoveries for the replication that you want to test, verify that you have cleared
the test results.
Note You cannot run a test recovery before you clean up your previous test results for a replication.
Procedure
1 Log in to the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client.
2 On the home page, click Site Recovery and click Open Site Recovery.
3 On the Site Recovery home page, select the site pair to the cloud provider site and click View
Details.
4 Click the Replications tab and click Reverse replications.
5 Select the replication for which you want to run a test recovery and click the Test recovery icon.
The Test Recovery wizard opens.
6 On the Recovery options page, select a data synchronization option.
Option Description
Synchronize recent changes vSphere Replication runs a synchronization task before it configures the
placeholder virtual machine on the local site. This option requires you to log in to
the cloud provider site. A dialog box appears for the login.
Use latest available data vSphere Replication configures the placeholder virtual machine and uses the data
that is copied on the local site. If MPIT is enabled, retained instances are
converted to virtual machine snapshots.
7 (Optional) To power on the test virtual machine on the target site after test configuration completes,
select the Power on the virtual machine after recovery check box.
8 Click Next.
9 Select a folder for the virtual machine on the local site.
10 Select a resource for the virtual machine on the local site.
11 Verify that the test configuration settings are correct and click Finish.
The test status of the replication changes.
Note You cannot stop a replication while a test recovery for the replication is in progress.
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