The following will be procedure to follow in a disaster recovery scenario where functionality will failover to the replicated system:
- On the target Core, navigate to the replication screen.
- On the Incoming Replication table, expand the job for the source Core.
- Click the drop down to the right of the linked Agent and select Delete. Keep the existing recovery points.
- If there isn't a virtual standby created for the fallen machine, run a one-time export to create a clone of the failed system.
- Start the virtual machine and configure as needed.
- Add the Agent to protection on the target Core; protection should resume (the next snapshot taken should be an incremental recovery point, not a base image).
When functionality has been restored on the main site, follow these steps on the source Core to take back protection of the linked Agent:
- Create or add the linked agent to a replication job that will send the recovery points taken by the target core to the source one; for the meantime, the Core roles will be reversed.
- It is preferable to delete and re-create the affected Agent on the virtual environment. Wait for the last recovery point to be replicated to run a continuous export job. After the virtual standby system has been created, check if new recovery points have been replicated and allow the changes to be applied on the standby machine.
- Remove the system from the replication job.
- Stop the system on the target site, and power on the virtual standby machine. Update the configuration as required.
- Protect the system on the source Core, and link it to its hypervisor for licensing purpose.
- Re-add the system to the original replication job.