Replicating virtual machines

Listing virtual machine replicas

• Listing replicas of a virtual machine.

  acrocmd list replicas --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams --vmid=XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX

Replicating a virtual machine

• Creating a replica of a virtual machine.

  acrocmd replicate vm --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams --vmserver_name=Server2 --vmname=John_s_vm --vmreplica_name=John_s_vm_replica

• Creating a replica of a virtual machine. The virtual disks of the replica will be stored in the thin provisioning format. Changed Block Tracking (CBT) will not be used.

  acrocmd replicate vm --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams --vmserver_name=Server2 --vmname=Mary_s_vm --vmreplica_name=Mary_s_vm_copy --vmresource_pool=vApp1/pool1/sub_pool2 --vmstorage=storage2 --vmprovisioning_mode=thin --cbt_mode=off

Failing over to a replica

• Failing over to a virtual machine replica.

  acrocmd failover vm --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams --vmname=John_s_vm replica

Failing back from a replica

• Failing back from a replica to the original virtual machine.

  acrocmd fallback vm --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams --vmname=John_s_vm replica

• Failing back from a replica to a new virtual machine. The resulting virtual machine will be powered on after the failback is complete.

  acrocmd fallback vm --host=srv1 --credentials="srv1\AMS user",pass1 --service=ams --vmname=Mary_s_vm_copy --vmserver_name=Server2 --target_name=Mary_s_vm --vmstorage=storage2 --start_after_recovery