{"id":195,"date":"2013-04-01T20:54:30","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T20:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/?p=195"},"modified":"2013-04-01T20:54:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T20:54:30","slug":"part-9-testing-recovery-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wordp\/part-9-testing-recovery-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Part 9 \u2013 Testing Recovery Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next stage is to test our recovery plan.\u00a0 You should always test the recovery plan prior to performing a recovery (unless you are in a situation where testing isn\u2019t possible).\u00a0 The testing will identify any problems that need to be rectified prior to performing a real failover.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under the \u2018Recovery Plans\u2019 section of the SRM portal, click the \u2018Protection Groups\u2019 tab<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part9-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-198\" alt=\"part9 - 1\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part9-1-300x88.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"88\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>You can now click the \u2018Test\u2019 link<\/li>\n<li>You are shown a confirmation screen that you are performing a test (notice the warning triangle)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part9-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-199\" alt=\"part9 - 2\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part9-2-300x249.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click \u2018Next\u2019 to continue<\/li>\n<li>You will now receive a summary screen of what is going to happen, click \u2018Start\u2019 to begin the test<\/li>\n<li>You can watch the progress of the test using the \u2018Recovery Steps\u2019 tab<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part9-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-197\" alt=\"part9 - 3\" src=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/part9-3-300x161.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>You will also see the virtual machine become powered on at the destination location, whilst the original virtual machine is still powered on at the source location<\/li>\n<li>Everything should appear to be completed in \u2018Green\u2019 if the test has been successful.\u00a0 Once you are happy that the testing has been completed successfully, click the \u2018Cleanup\u2019 link to clear down the test environment and make the machines available for full recovery again.<\/li>\n<li>Step through the wizard to perform the cleanup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This ends Part 9 of our instructions&#8230; please click\u00a0<a title=\"Part 10 \u2013 Recovery and Failback\" href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/part-10-recovery-and-failback\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0to continue to Part 10 or\u00a0<a title=\"10-part Site Recovery Manager \u2013 with IBM XIV\" href=\"http:\/\/virtualworlduk.co.uk\/10-part-site-recovery-manager-with-ibm-xiv\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0to return to the 10-part Site Recovery Manager menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The next stage is to test our recovery plan.\u00a0 You should always test the recovery plan prior to performing a recovery (unless you are in a situation where testing isn\u2019t possible).\u00a0 The testing will identify any problems that need to be rectified prior to performing a real failover. 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