Failover
In case of a primary site failure, you must manually start the replicated virtual machine at the backup site.
In this instruction, failover is considered on the Selectel side. If you have access to the Cloud Availability of your cloud or On-Premises setup after a failure, you can switch to the Selectel cloud in your cloud interface.
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From the control panel, open the Cloud Director panel: in the top menu, click Products → VMware-based cloud → Cloud Director.
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In the Menu, select Availability.
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Go to the Incoming Replications.
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Select the task for the virtual machine you want to start.
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In the All actions menu, select Failover.
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Optional: to consolidate several separate replication instances, select the Consolidate VM disks.
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Optional: to power on the virtual machine after recovery, select the Power on recovered VMs.
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In the Network Settings block, choose whether to connect the virtual machine to a specific network or use pre-configured network parameters.
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Click Next.
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Select a recovery point.
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Click Next.
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Check the parameters and click Finish. Once recovery is complete, the Recovery state column in the replication task row will display the Failed-Over status. After failover, the virtual machine is located in a different virtual data center and is no longer replicated.
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After recovering the virtual machine, perform one of these actions:
- switch back to your primary site and set up replication again — the virtual machine will run on your site again and be replicated to the Selectel cloud;
- delete the replication job — the virtual machine will continue to run in the Selectel cloud and will not be replicated;
- or set up replication from the backup site to the primary site — the virtual machine will run in the Selectel cloud and be replicated to your site, with all VMware-based public cloud resources being paid for.