Manual failback

You can also start a failback process in a manual mode. In this case, the data transfer from the backup in the cloud to the local site will not be done automatically. It must be done manually after the virtual machine in the cloud is powered off. This makes the failback process in a manual mode much slower, and you should expect a longer downtime period.

The failback process in a manual mode consists of the following phases:

1. Planning. During this phase, you restore the IT infrastructure at your local site (such as the hosts and the network configurations), configure the failback parameters, and plan when to start the data transfer.

2. Switchover. During this phase, the virtual machine in the cloud is turned off, and the newly generated data is backed up. If no backup plan is applied on the recovery server, a backup will be performed automatically during the switchover phase, which will slow down the process. When the backup is complete, you recover the machine to the local site manually. You can either recover the disk by using bootable media, or recover the entire machine from the cloud backup storage.

3. Validation. During this phase, you verify that the physical or virtual machine at the local site is working correctly, and confirm the failback. After the confirmation, the virtual machine on the cloud site is deleted, and the recovery server returns to the Standby state.