HP StorageWorks Storage Mirroring Recover User's Guide (T5437-96008, November 2009)

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When you select this option, the target will be preserved and registered
(provided that it has been fully synchronized), and the target virtual machine
will appear in VirtualCenter with the name <source vm name>_Replica. If
the target is not fully synchronized, related files will be kept on the target
ESX server but will not be registered.
● Start protection—Select a protection, then click the Start button to enable
protection for the protection.
Note:
If you have previously stopped protection and then click the Start button for
that protection job, Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure will
check to see if the source ESX server .vmdk files are the same as the target
.vmdk files. If they are the same, Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual
Infrastructure will resume protection starting with the Replication cycle,
bypassing the synchronization step. If they are not the same but there is a file
on target, Storage Mirroring Recover for Virtual Infrastructure will perform a
difference synchronization.
● Stop protection—Select a protection, then click the Stop button to disable
protection for the job.
Note:
After the initial synchronization has completed, you can use the Stop button
to stop protection for a protection job. This allows the end user to perform a
manual failover.
● Failover—Select a protection, then click the Failover button to shut down the
source virtual machine and start the replica virtual machine. A dialog box will
appear where you can select failover options. For more information about when to
use each option, see Understanding failover and job reversal.
● Reverse protection—Select a protection that has already failed over, then click
the Reverse protection button to start the protection in the reverse order.
The protection job will start synchronization in the reverse direction. The job name
and the log file name will change accordingly. When the restore completes, the
protection job will be running in the opposite direction (that is, if the job had
originally be running from server Indy to server Jersey, it will now be running from
server Jersey to server Indy).
● Undo failover—Select a protection that has already failed over, then click the
Undo Failover button to undo the failover of the selected protection.
The state will change to Undoing. When the Undo Failover is complete, the
protection job will re-start as normal.
● View protection errors—Select a protection, then click the View errors button to
view the most recent errors that have been detected for that protection job.