The Failover Test operation creates test virtual machines in a sandbox, using the test network specified in the VPG definition as opposed to a production network, to a specified point-in-time, using the buckets in S3 managed by the VRA. For details, see “Testing Recovery to AWS”, on page 139.

During the test, any changes to the protected virtual machines at the protected site are sent to AWS and new checkpoints continue to be generated, since replication of the protected machines continues throughout the test. You can also add your own checkpoints during the test period.