Recovering From a Primary Site Disaster

To recover from a primary site disaster, perform the following procedure for each DR-protected VM.

1. In the One View Console, failover to the DR system by following the steps in Failing Over to a DR VM (Unplanned) for details. A new VM will be booted from a DR snapshot. Wait until the VM boot completes.

2. Delete the Primary site instance of the VM from One View. In the One View Console, disable DR protection for the VM by following the procedure in Disabling Disaster Recovery Protection for a Virtual Machine and the instructions below:

   • At the prompt We have lost contact with one of your VMs. Are you sure you want to unprotect? This may cause undesired results click Yes.
   • At the prompt Are you sure you want to unprotect and delete the primary VM name? click Yes.

3. Delete the primary site platform from One View. In the One View Console, unmanage the lost primary system by following the procedure in Unmanaging a Platform.

4. Shutdown the DR instance of the VM. In the DR system’s everRun Availability Console on the Virtual Machines page, select the DR instance of the VM and click Shutdown.

5. Take a snapshot of the DR instance of the VM. In the DR system’s everRun Availability Console on the Virtual Machines page, select the DR instance of the VM and click Snapshot. Then click Create Snapshot. See Creating a Snapshot in the everRun User's Guide for details.

6. Export the DR instance of the VM. In the DR system’s everRun Availability Console, on the Snapshots page, select the snapshot of the DR VM and click Export. Follow the prompts. See Exporting a Snapshot in the everRun User's Guide for details.

7. Install a new everRun system at the primary site. See the everRun Quick Start Guide for details.

8. In the new primary system's everRun Availability Console, import the DR instance of the VM. For instructions, see Importing an OVF File from an everRun 7.x System in the everRun User's Guide. When using the import wizard, select Restore to restore the original hardware information (MAC address, HW id, etc.) that may be required by a software license.

9. Start the restored VM. In the new primary system's everRun Availability Console on the Virtual Machines page, select the restored VM and click Start.

10. In the DR system’s everRun Availability Console, delete the instance of the VM that you exported in step 6.
11. In the One View Console, add the new primary site platform to One View. See Adding a Platform to the One View Console for instructions.

12. In the One View Console, enable DR protection of the restored VM on the new primary system. See Enabling Disaster Recovery Protection for a Virtual Machine for instructions. Wait for DR initialization to complete. When complete, the One View Console displays the message Disaster Recovery is Active.