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Overview Edit section

This topic describes the fields and actions on the Disaster Recovery page. The Disaster Recovery page provides information about the Phoenix AWS proxies and the DR plans configured for virtual machines in your Phoenix environment. It also provides details of the failed over instances, and enables you to failback the recovered EC2 instances and recover the virtual machines in your data center.

The Disaster Recovery page displays the following three tabs:

Access Path

  1. Log in to the Phoenix Management Console.
  2. On the menu bar, click All Organizations, and select the required organization from the drop-down list.
  3. On the menu bar, click Disaster Recovery.

Phoenix AWS Proxies tab

The Phoenix AWS Proxies tab lists the Phoenix AWS proxies deployed in your AWS accounts.

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Field Description

The following table lists the fields on the Phoenix AWS Proxies tab.

Field Description

Name

The name of the EC2 instance in your AWS account.

Instance ID

The unique identification number of the EC2 instance that was launched during failover.

Region

The storage region where DR copies are created for your virtual machines.

Version

The version of the deployed Phoenix AWS proxy.

Instance Type

The type of EC2 instance that runs as a virtual server in the AWS Cloud after disaster recovery.

AWS Account ID

The unique identification number of your AWS account that maintains the DR copy for the virtual machine.

Connection Status to Phoenix

The status of the connection of the Phoenix AWS proxy with the Phoenix Cloud.

Actions

The following table lists the action that you can perform on the Phoenix AWS Proxies tab.

Action Description

Register Phoenix AWS Proxy

Click to register a Phoenix AWS proxy in your AWS account. For more information, see Register Phoenix AWS Proxy.

Upgrade

Click to upgrade the Phoenix AWS proxy. For more information, see Upgrade Phoenix AWS Proxy.

Delete

Click to delete the Phoenix AWS proxy. For more information, see Manage Phoenix AWS Proxy.

DR Plans tab

The DR Plans tab provides details of the various DR plans configured for virtual machines in your Phoenix environment

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Field Description Edit section

The following table lists the fields on the DR Plans tab.

Field Description

DR Plan Name

The name of the DR plan.

Click on the required DR plan to view the details of the DR plan.

Description

The description of the DR plan.

Replication Frequency

The frequency for the DR copy update operation that restored virtual machines on the AWS Cloud, such as Immediately after backup, Daily, or Weekly.

# VMs

The number of virtual machines associated with the DR plan.

Latest Failover

The date and the timestamp of the latest failover of the virtual machines associated with the DR plan. It also displays the corresponding job ID of the failover operation.

Latest Failover Status

The status of the latest failover of the virtual machines associated with the DR plan. The status may have one of the following values:

  • Queued
  • Running
  • Successful
  • Successful with error
  • Failed
  • Cancelled

Actions Edit section

The following table lists the action that you can perform on the Disaster Recovery page.

Action Description

Create New DR Plan

Click to create a DR plan for virtual machines in your environment. For more information, see Create Disaster Recovery plan.

Failover Instances tab Edit section

The Failover Instances tab lists the EC2 instances launched during failover. You can view the failover details of the instances and terminate the instances that are in the running state. The tab also enables you to failback the recovered EC2 instances to recover the virtual machines in your data center.

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Field Description Edit section

The Failover Instances tab displays the following fields:

Action Description

EC2 Instance ID

The unique identification number of the EC2 instance that was launched during failover.

VM Name

The virtual machine for which the EC2 instance was launched during failover.

Failover Job ID

The unique identification number of the job triggered during failover. Click the Job ID of the instance to view the details of the failover job.

Failover Initiated On

The date and the timestamp when the failover operation was initiated.

Failover Type

The type of failover initiated, such as Production or Test.

AWS Account

The account that maintains the DR copy for the virtual machine.

Region

The AWS region where you have deployed the Phoenix AWS proxy.

Instance Status

The status of the EC2 instance, such as:

  • Pending: The EC2 instance is either getting created in the AWS account, or is created and preparing itself to enter the running state. An instance bears a pending state when it is launched for the first time or is restarted from a stopped state.
  • Running: The instance is online and ready for use.
  • Shutting Down: The instance is preparing to be deleted.
  • Terminated: The instance is deleted.
  • Stopping: The instance is preparing to be stopped.
  • Stopped: The instance is shut down.

Note: For Phoenix AWS  proxy 4.7.6 or earlier, the instance status may show the following value: Pending, Impaired, Insufficient Data, Not Applicable, Initializing, or Stopped/Terminated.

Actions Edit section

The following table lists the action that you can perform on the Failover Instances tab.

Action Description

Failback

Click to trigger failback for the selected EC2 instance. For more information, see Launch failback.

Terminate

Click to terminate an EC2 instance that is in a running state. For more information, see Terminate an instance.