Performing a failover

A failover is a process of moving a workload from your premises to the cloud, and also the state when the workload remains in the cloud.

When you initiate a failover, the recovery server starts in the production network. All backup plans are revoked from the original machine. A new backup plan is automatically created and applied to the recovery server.

To perform a failover

1. Ensure that the original machine is not available on the network.
2. In the backup console, select the original machine or select the recovery server that corresponds to this machine.
3. Click Disaster Recovery.

   The description of the recovery server opens.

4. Click Failover.
5. Select the recovery point, and then click Failover.

   When the recovery server starts, its state changes to Finalization, and after some time to Failover. It is critical to understand that the server is available in both states, despite the spinning progress indicator. For details, refer to the "How a failover works" section.

6. Ensure that the recovery server is started by viewing its console. Click Devices > Cloud recovery site, select the recovery server, and then click Console on the right panel.
7. Ensure that the recovery server can be accessed using the production IP that you specified when creating the recovery server.

Once the recovery server is finalized, a new backup plan is automatically created and applied to it. This backup plan is based on the backup plan that was used for creating the recovery server, with certain limitations. In this plan, you can change only the schedule and retention rules. For more information, refer to "Backing up the cloud servers".

The only way to get out of the failover state is a failback.