Initiate test failover:

    1. Go to the recovery site.
    2. On the Storage Sites screen, click the Scan Domains button then import the Protected Domain to test.

Figure 206: Scan protected domains from the storage site.

Figure 207: Import a protected domain.

Figure 208: The protected domain has been imported.

    1. On the Protected Domains screen, open the More menu and select the Test Failover option.

Figure 209: Select the Test Failover option.

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

Figure 210: Test failover prerequisites are announced.

    1. 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.

Step: General

      • Review the Protected Domain name and selected storage site.
      • If the information is correct, click the Next button.

Figure 211: Review details of the imported domain.

Step: 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.

Figure 212: Configure failover settings.

Step: VM Settings

      • Map a recovery VM network to the protected VM network.
        • Specify a storage policy for VMs (optional).
        • Click the Next button.

Figure 213: Configure VM settings.

Step: 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.

Figure 214: Configure a recovery virtual appliance (RocVA).

Step: 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.

Figure 215: Review settings then start the test failover process.