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Power On Remote Virtual Standby Virtual Machines from Recovery Point Snapshots

Virtual Standby can be configured to power on Remote Virtual Standby virtual machines from replicated recovery point snapshots when the source server fails, an emergency occurs, or to offline a source node for maintenance.

Note: The following steps describe how to power on Remote Virtual Standby virtual machines from replicated recovery point snapshots.

Follow these steps:

1. Open Virtual Standby and click Nodes on the Navigation bar to open the Node screen.
2. From the Groups list, click All Nodes, or click the group that contains the CA ARCserve D2D or CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup node that you want to log in to.

   The nodes list displays all nodes that are associated with the specified group.

3. Browse to and click the node with the standby virtual machines created from a replicated recovery point to power on. Click one of the following options from the pop-up menu:
   • Standby VM Network Configuration:
     • Specify the virtual network and NIC (Network Interface Card), and TCP/IP settings for each network adapter from the Network Adapter Settings tab.

     OR

     • Update the DNS servers to redirect clients from the source computer to the virtual standby virtual machines based on the TCP/IP settings from the DNS Update Settings tab.
   • Standby VM:
     • Select a date and time range of the recovery point snapshot to power on the virtual machine.

     OR

     • Select "Power on the standby virtual machine with customized network configurations" check box to open the Standby VM Network Configuration dialog.

       Note: If the standby virtual machine was not configured yet, the link "The standby virtual machine network is not configured." is displayed. Click this link to configure the network.

   Click Save.

The settings are saved for the remote virtual standby virtual machine.

Note: After the virtual machine is powered on, you can be prompted to restart the computer one or more times. This behavior occurs because VMware installs VMware Tools on the virtual machine or Windows Hyper-V installs Integration Services on the virtual machine.

After you power on Remote Virtual Standby virtual machines from recovery point snapshots, you may need to complete the following tasks:

• Activate the Windows operating system that is running on the virtual machine.
• Start CA ARCserve D2D backups on the virtual machine.

  Note: For information about creating and assigning CA ARCserve D2D backup policies using CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager, see the CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager User Guide.

• Update CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby with the host name, IP address, and the login credentials for the virtual machine.
• Assign the node to a policy.

  Note: This task is required only when you want to create recovery point snapshots for the virtual machine that was powered on. For more information, see Assign Nodes to a Policy.