Failover can be operated in two different modes. Both failover modes are configured using the same steps; however, they differ at which point in time certain configuration steps are performed. 

    • Failover: steps are configured and performed together in response to a disaster event. 
    • Continuous Failover: can be configured at any point in time and then allowed to run in the background during normal system operation. After a disaster event has occurred, continuous failover is “completed” to immediately transfer ownership of the protected VMs to the recovery site (near-zero RTO).


  • Start by selecting a failover mode.
    • A pop-up dialog window will appear with guided steps.

Note: The initial configuration steps are the same for either failover mode.

    1. General
      • Review the information about the imported protected domain.
      • If the information is correct, click the Next button.

    1. (a) Failover Settings
      • Make selections from the drop-down menus to specify the recovery site datacenter, cluster, resource pool (if any), datastore, and if it is a planned or forced failover.
      • Click the Next button.

    1. (b) VM Settings
      • Map a Recovery VM Network to the Protected VM Network.
      • Specify a storage policy for VMs (optional).
      • Click the Next button. 

    1. Recovery VA
      • Make selections from the drop-down menus to specify: Replication Network to Object Store, Host to DRVA Data Network, and Management Network.
      • Click the Next button.

Note: Refer to Chapter 10 for additional information about RocVA.

    1. DR Settings
      • Select the DRVA and replication log storage of the recovery site from the drop-down menus.
      • Specify sizes for the replication log and metadata.
      • Click the Next button.

Note: The replication log and metadata will be allocated from the selected replication log storage.

    1. Summary
      • Review all entered settings on the Summary step. 
      • Use the Back button to modify any settings that need to be changed.
      • Click the Failover button to begin the failover process.

Note: The label of the failover button will indicate the failover mode selected (e.g., “Failover” or “Continuous Failover”)

  • The failover process begins, and its progress can be monitored from the UI.


  • Clicking the blue icon in the Current Step section exposes a pop-up window showing details of the current step of the failover process.