Failover mode is initiated as needed (i.e., in response to a disaster) and runs a complete process to recover Protected Domains to a recovery site.

    1. After failover has been configured and started and all data has been recovered from the storage site to the recovery site, a final set of steps will automatically be performed to conclude the failover process, including:
      • VMs of the Domain will be powered off at the primary site.
      • Ownership of the protected VMs will be shifted to the recovery site.
        • The recovery site will become the protected site (assume ownership of the Domain).
        • The primary site (where the Domain was originally created) will assume the status of "remote site."
      • Temporary VMs used for the failover process will be cleaned up, and final recovered VMs created.
      • DR storage policies will be applied.
        • Protection of the Domain will be resumed.
      • Failover runbook settings will be applied, and VMs of the domain may be powered on at the recovery site.
    1. When failover is complete, a message box will appear confirming completion of the failover recovery task.

Figure 202: Failover task is complete.

    1. The mode will indicate “Running in Failover” and VM protection status will be “Recoverable.”
      • All VMs of the Protected Domain will now be running at the recovery site configured with any applied failover runbook settings.

Figure 203: Running in failover mode.