You can recover a virtual machine from the cloud provider site and move your workload from the cloud organization to your local site.

Prerequisites

  • Configure at least one replication task from the cloud provider site to your local site.

  • Verify that the status of the replication task allows running recoveries.

    Recoveries are allowed for the following replication statuses: OK, OK (RPO Violation), Error, Error (RPO Violation), Full Sync, Full Sync (RPO Violation), Not Active, Not Active (RPO Violation), Paused, Sync, and Sync (RPO Violation).

  • If you have run test recoveries for the replication that you want to recover, verify that you have cleared up any previous test results. For more information, see Clean up a Test Recovery from Cloud.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the vSphere Client or vSphere Web Client.
  2. On the home page, click Site Recovery and click Open Site Recovery.
  3. On the Site Recovery home page, select the site pair to the cloud provider site and click View Details.
  4. Click the Replications tab and click Reverse replications.
  5. Select the replication that you want to recover and click the Recover icon.

    The Recover virtual machine wizard opens.

  6. On the Recovery options page, select a data synchronization option.

    Option

    Description

    Synchronize recent changes

    vSphere Replication runs a synchronization task before it configures the placeholder virtual machine on the local site. This option requires you to log in to the cloud provider site. A dialog box appears for the login.

    Use latest available data

    vSphere Replication configures the placeholder virtual machine and uses the data that is copied on the local site. If MPIT is enabled, retained instances are converted to virtual machine snapshots.
  7. To power on the virtual machine on the target site after test configuration completes, select the Power on the virtual machine after recovery check box.
  8. Click Next.
  9. (Optional) If you selected the Synchronize recent changes option, on the Source VM shutdown page, select how to stop the source virtual machine and click Next.

    Option

    Description

    Guest shutdown

    Shuts down the operating system of the virtual machine within the timeout period that you set in the time spinners. This option uses VMware Tools. Select the Guest shutdown option only if VMware Tools is installed in the guest OS.

    Power off

    Immediately shuts down the guest operating system or powers off the virtual machine. The guest OS might not shut down properly. Select the Power off option only if VMware Tools is not installed on the guest OS.
  10. Select a folder for the virtual machine on the local site.
  11. Select a resource for the virtual machine on the local site.
  12. Review your settings and click Finish.

Results

The replication status changes to Recovered and the source virtual machine is no longer being replicated to the local site. If the recovery network mapping is configured, vSphere Replication connects the virtual machine to the local vCenter Server network.

What to do next

To continue replicating the source virtual machine to the local site, stop the replication task that is in Recovered state and configure a new replication.