To perform a test failover:

  • On the Storage Sites screen of the test recovery site, click the Scan Domains button then import the protected domain to test.

  • On the Protected Domains tab open the More menu and select the Test Failover option.

  • A message will appear announcing conditions necessary to test failover. Click the Continue button.

  • Follow the guided steps of the dialog window to configure test failover. 

Note: The steps and parameters specified for test failover are essentially the same as used for failover in the actual production environment.


    1. General
      • Review the protected domain name and selected storage site.
      • If the information is correct, click the Next button.

    1. (a) Failover Settings
      • Make selections from the drop-down menus to specify recovery settings of the recovery site, including: datacenter, cluster, resource pool, and datastore.
      • Select options to automatically start recovery groups and gracefully shut down VMs.
      • 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
      • Specify network settings for the Management Network, Host (iofilter)/RocVA to DRVA Network, and Recovery Network to Object Store.
        • DHCP will be used by default.
        • Static IP addresses can be manually assigned by de-selecting the Apply same network settings to all checkbox then selecting a network's Static IP checkbox and clicking its Configure button.
          • A mix of static and dynamic IP addresses can be used.
      • Specify a default Gateway Network.
        • This is not necessary if DHCP is used.
      • Click the Next button.

    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 Test Failover button to begin the failover process.

  • When test failover is started, VMs of the protected domain will failover from the storage site to the failover test recovery site exactly as they would to the actual recovery site in the production environment.

  • Click the blue info icon in the Current Step field (refer to above) to view details of each failover task as it is performed during the test failover.

  • When the failover process has finished a message will appear announcing VMs can be verified to complete the failover test.

  • After VMs and data have been tested and the outcome of the failover test is deemed successful, confirm completion then click the Complete button to finish up.
    • All data created at the test recovery site will be wiped from the system automatically.