To verify proper operation of failover and the infrastructure, "test failover" can be performed to observe recovery of virtual machines and their data from the object store to a test recovery environment.

A test failover resembles an actual failover, with some differences:

    • All VMs will continue to operate uninterrupted in the protected environment; there will be no disruption to their normal ongoing operation or protection.
    • During testing, data is replicated across the system as it would happen with normal failover; however, ownership of the Protected Domain is never passed to the recovery site.
    • Test VMs and data will be deleted from the system at the conclusion of the test.

Also see:

Configure the Failover Test Recovery Site

Conduct Test Failover