Failback procedures, 6 failback procedures – Dell PowerVault MD3260i User Manual
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Failback Procedures
In order to failback virtual machines from the recovery site to the original protected site, the same procedures for
configuring array managers, inventory mappings, and creating recovery plans and protection groups must be performed
on the opposite vCenter Server site.
1.
If the virtual disk remote replication relationships have been broken, you must recreate the replications from the
recovery site storage array to the original protected site storage array, then wait for full synchronization to occur
before executing the failback recovery plan.
2.
When configuring the array managers, the protected array information now becomes the recovery site storage
array information and the recovery array information becomes the original protected site storage array information.
3.
Before creating the failback protection groups, you must log into the original protected site vCenter Server and
remove the VMs that have been failed over from inventory.
4.
The failback recovery plan is created and executed from the original protected site vCenter Server.
Once all these steps have been reversed and the virtual disk remote replication has completed, you can perform the
same procedures for Testing Recovery Plans or Running Recovery Plans to restore the virtual machines from the
recovery site to the original protected site.
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