Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs Action

Refer to the following sections on adding a Failback Hyper-V VMs action to your Site Recovery job:

• Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs: VMs
• Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs: Location
• Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs: Options

Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs: VMs

On the VMs page of the wizard, do the following:

1. In the left pane of the page, choose either of the following inventory views:

   • Jobs & Groups: When selected, the inventory tree displays groups, jobs, and backups of the appropriate hypervisor. You can select the required replica from the list of replication jobs.

   • Policy: When selected, job policies can be used. Refer to Managing Job Policies for details. If the items were selected in alternate views, a dialog box opens warning you that switching to the Policy view will reset your current selection. Click Switch View to confirm switching to the Policy view. Make sure that at least one item matches the available set of policy rules. Refer to Managing Policy Rules for details.

2. Select one or more replica Hyper-V VMs in the left pane of the page.

3. Click Next to go to the Location page.

   

Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs: Location

Refer to the following subsections on providing a location for your Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs action:

• Using Original Microsoft Hyper-V Failback Location

• Creating New Microsoft Hyper-V Failback Location

• Reusing Existing Microsoft Hyper-V Failback Location

Using Original Microsoft Hyper-V Failback Location

To use the original location for your Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs action, follow the steps below:

1. In the Failback location list, choose Original Location.

2. Click Next to go to the Options page.

   

Creating New Microsoft Hyper-V Failback Location

To create a new location for your Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs action, follow the steps below:

1. In the Failback location list, choose New Location.

2. In the Container list, choose a container for your failback location.

3. In the Path box, enter a path to the location of the Hyper-V VM replica.

4. Click Next to go to the Options page.

   

Reusing Existing Microsoft Hyper-V Failback Location

To reuse existing locations for your Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs action, follow the steps below:

1. In the Failback location list, choose New Location.

2. Click Advanced options.

3. Click the necessary source VMs to expand them.

4. For the required VM, click Use existing target VM to select it.

5. The Virtual Machine list updates to include VMs. Select the VM to be used as a target.

6. After setting the location advanced options, click Next to go to the Options page.  

Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs: Options

On the Options page of the wizard, do the following:

1. Select Power off replica VMs to power off the production workloads during the failover. Note that this will take place only in production mode; no workloads will be powered on in test mode.

2. In the Action options section, set up options for your action. Refer to Site Recovery Job Wizard: Actions for details.

3. Click Save.

   

The Options page closes, and your Failback Microsoft Hyper-V VMs action is added to the Site Recovery job.