Emergency switching
In the event of a disaster on the primary site, you must start the replicated virtual machine on the backup site manually.
The instructions discuss emergency switching on the Selectel side. If you have access to your cloud's Cloud Availability or On-Premises after a disaster, you can switch to the Selectel cloud in your cloud interface.
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From control panels open the Cloud Director panel: VMware-based cloud → Cloud Director.
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On the menu. Menu select Availability.
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Go to the section Incoming Replications.
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Check the job for the virtual machine to be started.
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On the menu. All actions select Failover.
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Optional: to merge several separate replication instances, check the checkbox Consolidate VM disks.
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Optional: to enable the virtual machine after the restore, check the checkbox Power on recovered VMs.
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In the block Network Settings Select whether to connect the virtual machine to a specific network or to use preconfigured network settings.
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Click Next.
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Select a restore point.
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Click Next.
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Check the parameters and press Finish. After recovery in the row with the replication job in the column Recovery state status Failed-Over. After the failover, the virtual machine is in a different virtual data center and is no longer replicated.
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After restoring the virtual machine, perform one of the customizations:
- switch back to the primary site and set up replication again — The virtual machine will be back running on your site and replicated to the Selectel cloud;
- delete the replication job — The virtual machine will run in the Selectel cloud and will not continue to replicate;
- or configure replication from the backup site to the primary site — The virtual machine will run in the Selectel cloud and will be replicated to your site, and all VMware-based public cloud resources will be paid for.