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Power on Virtual Standby Machines from VMware vSphere Client

When you want to power-on virtual standby machines manually, the best practice is to power on the virtual machines from the Standby VM dialog of Arcserve UDP. For more information, see Power on Virtual Standby Virtual Machines from Recovery Point Snapshots. However, if you want to start the virtual standby machines from the ESX Server or the vCenter Server system, you can do so using VMware vSphere Client.

Note: The VMware vSphere Client lets you access the recovery point snapshots that virtual standby created to protect the node. You should not delete the snapshots. When you delete the snapshots, the relationship between the data contained in the snapshots becomes inconsistent the next time a virtual standby runs. With inconsistent data, you cannot power on virtual standby machines properly.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open VMware vSphere Client and log in to the ESX Server or vCenter Server system that is monitoring the nodes that you are protecting.
  2. From the directory tree, expand the ESX Server system or the vCenter Server system, locate, and click the virtual machine that you want to power on.
  3. Perform one of the following tasks:

To power on the virtual machine using the latest snapshot: Click the Getting Started tab and then click Power on the virtual machine located on the bottom the screen.

To power on the virtual machine using an older snapshot:

  1. Click the Snapshot Manager button on the toolbar.

    The Snapshots for (virtual machine name) dialog opens to display a list of snapshots that are available for the virtual machine.

  2. From the list of snapshots, click the snapshot that you want to use to power on the virtual machine and then click Go to.

The virtual standby machine is powered on.

If necessary, you can back up the virtual machines and create recovery point snapshots after you power on the virtual machine.