You can perform a test failover operation to validate failover operations for a replication group.
For VMware destinations, a test failover operation live-mounts replicated VMs that are part of a replication group on the destination site. For Amazon and Azure destinations, a test failover operation clones replicated VMs that are part of a failover group on the destination site.
Test failover is supported only for Amazon, Azure, and VMware destinations.
Before You Begin
For VMware, before performing a test failover operation, review the Test Failover Options section in the replication group settings. You can use these options to configure an isolated network.
Procedure
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From the navigation pane, go to Auto Recovery > Replication groups.
The Replication groups page appears.
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Under Group name, click a replication group.
The Overview tab of the replication group page appears.
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In the upper-right area of the page, click Failover, and then select Test failover.
The Test failover dialog box appears.
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From the Recovery point list, select a recovery point.
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In the hours box, enter the expiration time for a newly failover VM that will be created.
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Click Yes.