Due to an unexpected power outage, Site A is completely down. The disaster recovery strategy was implemented (see diagram). What is the correct way to start replicated VMs on Site B, while ensuring…

The correct answer is D. Perform "Failover". With Site A offline there is no way of "planned failover" so no incremental pass and a final with the VMs shut down. Failover with the latest state already replicated to Site B is the only option.

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Question

Due to an unexpected power outage, Site A is completely down. The disaster recovery strategy was implemented (see diagram). What is the correct way to start replicated VMs on Site B, while ensuring you can failback after Site A comes back online?

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Options

AExecute "Permanent failover" from vCenter.
BExecute "Planned failover".
CPower on VMs manually through vCenter.
DPerform "Failover".

How the community answered

(16 responses)

A
19% (3)
B
6% (1)
C
6% (1)
D
69% (11)

Explanation

With Site A offline there is no way of "planned failover" so no incremental pass and a final with the VMs shut down. Failover with the latest state already replicated to Site B is the only option.

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#failover#failback#unplanned outage#DR strategy

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