Performing a Test Boot
You can recover a virtual machine at the destination using the Test Boot option for a disaster recovery (DR) test.
When you request a test boot, you can use the latest updates or select a specific recovery point.
Procedure
- From the navigation pane, go to Disaster recovery > Replication Monitor.
The Replication Monitor page appears.
- On the Continuous tab, in the Actions column for a replication pair, click the action button
, and then select Create test boot.The Test boot dialog box appears.
- In the New virtual machine name box, enter the name for the VM.
- For New virtual machine expiration time, you can modify the default value of 2 hours.
- For Recovery type, select one of the following values:
- Oldest point in time: Perform the boot from the current version of the destination VM.
This is the only supported value for Live recovery. Other values are available only for Granular recovery.
- Select from graph: Click a recovery point in the graph.
- Recovery point time: Select this option, and then select a recovery point from the Select recovery point list.
- Application consistent recovery point time: Select this option, and then select a recovery point from the Select recovery point list.
This option is available only if you configured the replication pair to create application-consistent recovery points.
- Oldest point in time: Perform the boot from the current version of the destination VM.
- To restore to a specific host, select Override boot options, and then provide the following information:
- For Destination host, enter the host name or click Browse to select an ESX host.
Select an ESX server from a cluster that meets continuous replication requirements. The ESX server must have access to the same datastore as the VM selected for the test boot operation.
- From the Destination network list, select a network or Not Connected.
- For Destination host, enter the host name or click Browse to select an ESX host.
- Click Save.
Last modified: 5/7/2020 6:36:21 PM