Using the VMware HCX Disaster Recovery operation, you can activate the Virtual Machine replica at the HCX destination site.

Prerequisites

This procedure applies when a protected virtual machine has become unavailable due to a disaster event. This unavailable state is indicated with a red lightning bolt status in the HCX Disaster Recovery interface.

Procedure

  1. Open the VMware HCX Cloud interface at the destination site.
  2. Navigate to Services > Disaster Recovery.
  3. Click Actions and click Recover VMs.

    A test recovery screen appears prompting you for the recovery parameters.

    The recovery process starts. After the recovery completes, the Virtual Machine is visible in the VMware HCX Disaster Recovery destination site's vSphere Inventory.

  4. Make the parameter selections, and click Recover.

Results

After the recovery completes, the virtual machine is available in the VMware HCX Disaster Recovery destination site's vSphere Inventory.