Performing Test Failover with networking disabled
The following describes the default Test Failover operation. To perform a test failover with networking enabled, see Performing Test Failover with networking enabled.
To perform test failure with networking disabled:
1 Click the Test Failover icon.The test failover process begins, and a job is added to the Current Jobs node.
3The snapshots made are reverted.
The network card is “Connect at Power On,” which prepares the replica VM for failover.
Performing Test Failover with networking enabled
Performing a test failover with the network enabled has the potential to negatively affect your production environment. For this reason, this method of test failover is not recommended. The recommended method is Performing Test Failover with networking disabled.
To perform network-enabled test failover, complete the following tasks:
Enabling network-enabled Test Failover
This feature is enabled by way of the configuration file for the vRanger client, Vizioncore.vRanger.Client.Shell.exe.config. This file is located in the vRanger installation directory. The default is C:\Program Files\Quest\vRanger.
To enable network-enabled test failover:
1 Open the Vizioncore.vRanger.Client.Shell.exe.config file with your text editor of choice.
3 Scroll to line 42 or search for Test Failover.
4 Change the value for ShowTestFailoverDialog from “false” to “true”, ensuring the quotation marks remain.
Performing a network-enabled Test Failover
To perform a test failover:
1 Click the Test Failover icon.
▪ Continue with networking on the replica disabled: When performing a test failover with networking disabled, the replica VM is powered on with the network adapter disconnected. This option protects the production environment, but eliminates the ability of testing your replica VM as part of a larger environment.
▪ Continue with networking on the replica enabled: When performing a network enabled test failover, your replica VM is powered on with the network adaptor connected.
3 Click OK.
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