PowerProtect Data Manager 19.12 Cloud Disaster Recovery User Guide

Recover assets in Cloud DR

You can use PowerProtect Data Manager to perform disaster recovery for cloud-protected virtual machines.

1. Log in to PowerProtect Data Manager, and select Restore > Assets.
   The Restore page is displayed. The Restore page displays all the assets with copies.
2. In the Virtual Machines tab, select the check box next to the virtual machine that you want to restore (that is, recover), and click View Copies.
   If the selected virtual machine has copies in the cloud, CDR is displayed.
3. Click CDR.
   The details pane shows a list of the cloud copies.
4. Select the check box next to the VM copy that you want to recover, and click Test or Failover. The Test or Failover dialog box is displayed.
   NOTE If no DR test is done earlier, the following warning is displayed :

   Please be aware that no DR Test took place prior to this Failover operation. We also recommend you to shutdown your production VM, in order to avoid a possible data loss, caused by accidental user access.

5. Select the applicable virtual network in the Network section on the cloud account, and click Next.
6. In the Security Groups section, select a security group to attach to the recovered instance, and click Next.
   The Summary page is displayed.
7. Click Start Test or Start Failover.