How to get back VMs after a planned recovery

[2012hplp2475w02]

Hello,

I successfully did a planned recovery of a VM and it went fine.  I use vSphere replication.  Now I want to get back the VM to the protected site but I found that I can't use reprotect, since I don't use array-based replication.

I tried to create a new recovery plan at the recovery site but I got an error message saying that there is already a recovery plan for this VM.

How can I get back my VM to the protected site?  Should I delete the recovery plan first?

Thank you.

[AnthBro · Accepted solution]

Try this

http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2011/10/05/failover-with-srm-and-vsphere-replication/

and then let me know if you have any more issues, it's a really good guide.

Thanks

Anthony

[2012hplp2475w02]

Thank you Anthony,

That's exactly what I was looking for.

[2012hplp2475w02]

Hello,

Trying to do a failback just like explain in the guide above, but when I want to configure vSphere Replication on the VM I get an error message saying that there is another machine with the same instance UUID(see attachment file).  Is there any way to get rid of this message?

Thank you.

[2012hplp2475w02]

Solved my problem.  I had to remove the synchronisation, delete the protection groups and recovery plans and now everything's working.