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Test failover for Auto-Recovery for VM - Live Mount only?

  • Mar 27, 2025 3:41 PM UTC
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Hello

 

I need to provide an isolated/test environment (with IP masquerading etc.) to perform set-of-VMs restores on regular basis (like Veeam SureBackup)

 

For Command Center I can use Auto-Recovery feature with “Test Failover” option but as far as I can see we can only use Live Mount (https://documentation.commvault.com/11.38/essential/testing_failover_for_periodic_replication_group.html)

How to perform such isolated & automated test with regular streaming restores instead of Live Mounts? Production/source VMs should remain online and untouched during the test.

 

I am aware that I can achieve something like this with old-fashioned Virtual Lab managed by deprecated CommCell Console https://documentation.commvault.com/11.38/expert/creating_restore_as_lab_policy_for_vmware.html, but I want to follow brand new Command Center ;)

 

Any thoughts or findings will be appreciated.

 

Kind regards,

eMF

 

 

 

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    Vaulter
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    • Jace RossVaulter
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    • Mar 27, 2025 11:12 PM UTC

    Hi Maciek,

    What do you mean when you say live motion? Are you referring to VMWare’s vMotion or Commvault’s Live Mount?

    Auto Recovery with periodic replication will restore a VM to another location, adding incremental changes as per your scheduling and can have a test failover run against it.

    It should meet all your requirements unless I am missing something.

    https://documentation.commvault.com/11.38/essential/periodic_replication_group_options_for_vmware.html

    Jace Ross, Senior Technical SME
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    • MaciekCertified Expert
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    • Mar 28, 2025 7:25 AM UTC

    Hello

    I mean CommVault Live Mount of course :) Sorry for confusion

    Vaulter
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    • Jace RossVaulter
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    • Mar 30, 2025 9:29 PM UTC

    Hi Maciek,

    For test failovers, unfortunately there is only a live-mount method for VMWare.
    Depending on your testing needs you could look at doing a failover and failback for testing but beyond that there isn’t much else for failover testing. It may be worth speaking with your account manager if you would like a different method added to Commvault.

    Jace Ross, Senior Technical SME

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