Standby Image Use in Case of Disaster

Using Standby Image, you can continuously restore the most recent backup to a secure location, either Hyper-V or to the Azure Cloud. In case of disaster, the restored machine can be used for failover by following the relevant procedures below.

For Hyper-V

To use a Standby Image to Hyper-V:

  1. Log in to the Management Console under a SuperUser or Manager account
  2. Navigate to Continuity > Standby Image
  3. Find the affected device and click the menu action button to the right of the device (Three vertical dots)
  4. Select Pause Restores

    By doing so, this halts further restoration for the device and prevents accidental damage to the Standby Image

  5. Once paused, connect to the device hosting the Recovery Location
  6. Navigate to the Hyper-V manager
  7. Find the virtual machine created for the standby image device and select Start

For ESXi

To use Standby Image to ESXi:

  1. Log in to the Management Console under a SuperUser or Manager account
  2. Navigate to Continuity > Standby Image
  3. Find the affected device and click the menu action button to the right of the device (Three vertical dots)
  4. Select Pause Restores

    By doing so, this halts further restoration for the device and prevents accidental damage to the Standby Image

  5. Connect to the device (virtual machine or dedicated server/host) by either:
    1. Sign in to the vCenter Server by using the vSphere Client
    2. Navigate to Inventory in the menu and find the virtual machine created
    3. Power it on and click Launch remote console

    Or

    1. If restoring to the ESXi server/host directly, login to the dedicated server/host machine

For Azure

To use a Standby Image to Azure:

  1. Log in to the Management Console under a SuperUser or Manager account
  2. Navigate to Continuity > Standby Image
  3. Find the affected device and click the menu action button to the right of the device (Three vertical dots)
  4. Select Pause Restores

    By doing so, this halts further restoration for the device and prevents accidental damage to the Standby Image

  5. Sign into Microsoft Azure
  6. Locate the machine associated to the device in Cove Data Protection. Navigate to the "Locks" section of this virtual machine and remove any existing locks.
  7. Power on the machine hosted in Azure