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Recipe: Perform a Failback from a replicated VM to the original VM in a different Location
Expected deliverables:
Running a Falback of a Virtual Machine replicated with a Veeam Replication Job to move all processes back from the replica VM in the disaster recovery site to the original VM in a different Location.
Time to complete: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Virtual Machine to be recovered must have been replicated with a Veeam CDP Policy successfully at least once.
- CDP replicas must be in the Failover state.
Before you start:
Select this option if the source VMs have already been recovered to a new location, and you want to switch to the recovered VMs from their replicas
Assumptions:
It’s assumed that you already have performed a Failover of the replicated VM.
Method:
- On the Home tab, click Restore > VMware vSphere > Restore from replica > Entire replica > Failback to production.
- At the Replica step, select CDP replicas from which you want to fail back. Click Next.
- At the Destination step, select Failback to the original VM restored in a different location. To select which backup proxies will be used for data transfer, click Pick backup proxies for data transfer. By default, Veeam selects proxies automatically.
- At the Target VM step, specify to which VMs you want to fail back from replicas. These VMs must be already restored from backups in the required location. Click Next
- At the Failback Mode step, specify when switch from replicas to production VMs must be performed, either Auto (default), Scheduled or Manual. Click Next
- At the Summary step, review the configured failback settings and click Finish. If you want to power on the production VMs right after the switch to production operation is performed, select the Power on target VM after restoring check box
Important: Failback is an intermediate step that needs to be finalized. You can finalize failback in the following way:
Links to Resources: