VMware SRM can be used to migrate your workload from one site to another. A planned migration is done when the protected site is available and running the virtual machine workload.
There are many use cases, of which the following two are prominent:
When migrating your infrastructure to new hardware
When migrating your virtual machine storage from one array to another
Note
A planned migration will replicate the most recent changes with the help of storage replication. This is not optional.
The following procedure will guide you through the steps required in performing a planned migration:
Navigate to the vCenter Server's inventory home and click on Site Recovery to bring up Site Recovery Home.
At Site Recovery Home, use the left pane to navigate to Recovery Plans under Inventories.
- Select the recovery plan, navigate to its Monitor | Recovery Steps tab, and click on the icon to bring up the Recovery wizard:
The first screen will seek a Recovery Confirmation. The Recovery...