Setting the recurrence schedule
To set the recurrence schedule:
1 On the Recurrence Schedule Selection page, select from the options described in the following table.
There is no need to define a schedule. The job runs on demand.
• Daily: The daily option can be scheduled to run the report every weekday or every x number of days.
• Weekly: vRanger can be configured to run on weekly intervals, from every week to every 99 weeks. The day of the week on which to run reports can be configured.
• Monthly: The monthly option offers the following configurations:
▪x can be any value from 1 to 31. This value determines the day of the month on which the job occurs.
y can be any value from 1 to 99. This value determines the monthly interval — for example, every two months sets the job to run every other month.
▪f can be either: first, second, third, fourth or last.
d can be: weekday, weekend day, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
y can be any value from 1 to 99. This value determines the monthly interval — for example, every two months sets the report to run every other month.
• Yearly: The yearly option offers the following configurations:
▪ Every [m] [x]:m is any month of the year. This value determines the month of the year in which the report occurs.
x can be any value from 1 to 31. This value determines the day of the month on which the report occurs.
▪f can be either: first, second, third, fourth, or last.
d can be: day, weekday, weekend day, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday.
m is any month of the year. This value determines the month of the year in which the report occurs.
• Interval: The Interval option offers the following configurations:
▪ Day(s). The default is 0, which lets you replicate more frequently than daily.
▪ Hour(s). The default is 1. To replicate more frequently, change to 0 and configure a Minute(s) value.
▪ Minute(s). The default is 0. The minimum interval is five minutes.Select the starting date and ending date.
• No end date: The job recurs until it is stopped.
• End after: Select the number of occurrences.
• End by: Select the date by which to end the recurrence.
2 Click Next.Configuring email notifications
To add or edit email addresses, see Setting up the SMTP server.
To configure email notifications:
1 On the Email Notification Selection page, in the Selected column, select the address to which notifications should be sent.
2 Click Next.Starting the replication job
The final page in the Replication Wizard displays a summary of the selections you made for the job.
To start the replication job:
1 On the Summary page, review the data displayed in the tree view.
2 If you want to begin the job automatically after completing the wizard, select Run the Job after Finish is clicked.
3 Click Finish.
a In the main vRanger UI, in the My Inventory view, select the server or host for the server you want to restore, and then select the job from the Working Inventory pane.
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Using replication failover
There are two kinds of replication Failover: Test Failover and Failover.
• Test Failover: This function disables the replication job, snapshots the replica VM, and powers it on. You have the option of performing a test failover with or without networking enabled on the replica VM. There are two methods for performing failure:
• Failover: This method simplifies the action of failover to a replica VM. You can perform a final synchronization or fail over immediately. The vReplicator process gracefully and safely powers down your production VM, and boots your replica VM with a single click.
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:
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