vRanger 7.7 - User Guide

Performing Test Failover with networking disabled

Performing Test Failover with networking disabled

The Test Failover operation can be performed from the Scheduled Jobs and On Demand Jobs nodes of the My Jobs view.

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.

2	When the confirmation message appears, click Yes.

The test failover process begins, and a job is added to the Current Jobs node.

3	When testing is complete, select the Test Failover task in the Current Jobs node, and click Resume.

4	When the confirmation message appears, click Yes.

The snapshots made are reverted.

The network card is “Connect at Power On,” which prepares the replica VM for failover.

The VM returns to its dormant state.

Performing Test Failover with networking enabled

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.

 

NOTE: Due to this option’s potential for negatively impacting your production environment, it is disabled by default.

To perform network-enabled test failover, complete the following tasks:

•	Enabling network-enabled Test Failover

•	Performing a network-enabled Test Failover

Enabling network-enabled Test Failover

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.

2	Make the required changes carefully, using the following information as guidance.

 

NOTE: Not all text editors include line numbers. If you do not see the following line numbers in your text editor, this absence is not an indication of a problem.

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.

5	Save and exit the file.

6	Restart the Quest vRanger Service for the configuration change to take effect.

Performing a network-enabled Test Failover

Performing a network-enabled Test Failover

After it is enabled, you are prompted to perform a test failover; you can do so with or without networking enabled during the test.

To perform a test failover:

1	Click the Test Failover icon.

2	When the Test Failover dialog box appears, select the preferred option:

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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.

 

CAUTION: This option has the potential to impact your production environment; exercise caution when using this option.

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Click OK.

4	When testing is complete, select the Test Failover task in the Current Jobs node, and click Resume.

▪	The snapshots made are reverted.

▪	The network card is set to “Connect at power on,” which prepares the replica VM for failover.

▪	The VM returns to its dormant state.

5	When the confirmation prompt appears, click Yes.