The Failover Test Operation

Use the Failover Test operation to test that during recovery the virtual machines are correctly replicated at the recovery site.

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 .

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.

The following diagram shows the positioning of the virtual machines before and during a Failover test operation.