Question About Replica Sources

[ekisner]

I see that I can source a replica from a backup job. That would be pretty cool, but I have a question about a planned failover.

Would I be able to initiate a planned failover, having it replicate right from the source VM and not from the backup job? Or would I need to re-run the backup first? Both have advantages, on one hand you've got a full backup of your VM prior to failing over, on the other you've got a faster failover if you don't do the backup. Just curious about capabilities.

[foggy]

During planned failover, VM data is always retrieved from the production so that VM replica be in sync with the latest state of the production VM.

[ekisner]

Awesome, that is great to hear. Appreciate the reply, have yourself a great day.