Failing Over to a DR VM (Unplanned)

You can recover from a primary VM failure by starting its DR VM and using a recent snapshot. When you recover from a VM failure:

• DR protection is paused.
• The failed primary VM is shut down if possible.
• The DR VM boots from whichever snapshot you select.

You can minimize the amount of lost data by setting an appropriate value for your Recovery Point Objective (RPO) when you enable DR protection for your VM (see Enabling Disaster Recovery Protection for a Virtual Machine). Be aware, though, that bandwidth increases as your RPO value drops, so you may not want to set the value too low.

To fail over to a DR VM (Unplanned)

1. In the Stratus One View Console masthead, click VIRTUAL MACHINES.
2. On the VIRTUAL MACHINES page, click the DR VM that corresponds to the failed primary VM.
3. On the VM pane for the DR VM, click the desired snapshot (here, called a recovery point).

4. Click Recover.