How the Application Determines the Quantity of NICs to Power ON

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How the Application Determines the Quantity of NICs to Power ON

While powering on virtual machines, virtual standby determines the quantity of NICs (network interface cards) to power on based on whether the standby virtual machine network is configured. The following table illustrates how virtual standby determines the quantity of NICs that are required to power on standby virtual machines:

Values Defined in the Plan for VM Network	The Power on the standby virtual machine with customized network configurations option is not specified	The Power on the standby virtual machine with customized network configurations option is specified
The values defined are the same as the source machine.	Virtual standby powers on the quantity on NICs defined for the source machine as of the last backup job.	Virtual standby powers on the quantity NICs based on the larger of the following values: The quantity defined under custom network configuration. The quantity of NICs defined for the source machine as of the last backup job.
The values defined are custom values.	Virtual standby powers on the quantity of custom networks that are defined in the plan.	Virtual standby powers on the quantity NICs based on the larger of the following values: The quantity defined under custom network configuration. The quantity of NICs defined for the custom policy.

Values Defined in the Plan for VM Network

The Power on the standby virtual machine with customized network configurations option is not specified

The Power on the standby virtual machine with customized network configurations option is specified

The values defined are the same as the source machine.

Virtual standby powers on the quantity on NICs defined for the source machine as of the last backup job.

Virtual standby powers on the quantity NICs based on the larger of the following values:

The quantity defined under custom network configuration.
The quantity of NICs defined for the source machine as of the last backup job.

The values defined are custom values.

Virtual standby powers on the quantity of custom networks that are defined in the plan.

Virtual standby powers on the quantity NICs based on the larger of the following values:

The quantity defined under custom network configuration.
The quantity of NICs defined for the custom policy.

The following dialog (Edit Virtual Standby task of Modify a Plan) in the Virtual Standby task consist of custom configurations for NICs to power on:

Edit_VS_Task

The following dialog (Standby VM - <host_name>) illustrates the location where you specify the Power on the standby virtual machine with customized network configurations option:

Standby_VM