Configure Additional Properties in Full System-to-ESX Scenarios

When configuring full system scenarios on ESX servers, you must manually enter an IP address on the Replica server to prevent scenarios from failing to run.

To manually enter a virtual machine IP address on the Replica server

  1. Configure the scenario as described in the Create Full System Scenarios topic.
  2. When you reach the Switchover Properties screen, expand the Network Traffic Redirection properties.
  3. Set the following property to On: Redirect DNS.
  4. Enter the DNS IP address.
  5. Expand Master IPs in DNS. Click the value column and enter the IP address for the Master host.
  6. Expand Virtual Machine IPs on Replica server in DNS.
  7. Select Click here to add new IP and specify the IP address of the virtual machine on the Replica server to be used in case a switchover or failover is triggered.