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5. Next, you must configure target environment settings, as shown in Figure 5-52.
   Target settings include
   ■ Target Location The target Azure region, different from the source
   ■ Target Subscription If you plan to recover the machines in a different subscription
   ■ Target Resource Group The resource group of the VM object after recovery
   ■ Failover Virtual Network The virtual network in the target region that the VM should be associated with
   ■ Failover Subnet The subnet within the virtual network that the VM NIC should be associated with
   ■ Storage Managed disk, disk churn, and disk cache storage options for each VM that is being replicated
   ■ Availability Options Target availability set, availability zone, and/or proximity placement groups after recovery
   ■ Capacity Reservation Ensure that the VM has guaranteed capacity allocation after replication

FIGURE 5-52 Target settings for the replication

6. On the Manage tab, configure the replication policy that is used. You can also define replication groups if a cluster of machines running the same workload needs consis- tency across VMs, as shown in Figure 5-53.

FIGURE 5-53 Configure the replication policy

7. Finally, click Enable Replication (see Figure 5-54).
   You can track the replication progress by selecting Site Recovery Jobs (see Figure 5-55). It takes a while to get the replication and synchronization completed. You cannot proceed with further steps without replication of the VM.

FIGURE 5-54 Review of all the Enable Replication settings

FIGURE 5-55 Site Recovery jobs

Once replicated, you can see the Source VM listed in the Recovery Services vault under Replicated Items. The overview is shown in Figure 5-56.

FIGURE 5-56 Replicated Items

After replication has completed, it’s time to test failover:

1. On the Replicated Items blade, select the VM. On the command bar, click Test Failover (see Figure 5-57).

FIGURE 5-57 Test Failover on the Replicated Items blade

2. On the Test Failover blade, select a recovery point from the Choose A Recovery Point drop-down menu and choose a virtual network from the Azure Virtual Network drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 5-58. Then, click Test Failover.
3. You can track the progress of the test failover by using Site Recovery jobs, as shown in Figure 5-59. Now, you will be able to see the test VM created in the target resource group.

FIGURE 5-58 Test Failover blade

FIGURE 5-59 Test failover jobs

4. You can delete the test VM after verifying the VM and network details. To delete the VM and other resources, click Cleanup Test Failover, as shown in Figure 5-60.

FIGURE 5-60 Clean up test failover

5. You can now run an actual failover. Click Failover in the Command bar.
6. On the Failover blade, select the recovery point and verify the failover direction, as shown in Figure 5-61. Click Failover.

FIGURE 5-61 Failover blade

7. You can track the failover progress by following the site recovery jobs (see Figure 5-62). A target Azure VM will be created with the same configuration and target settings provided earlier.
8. You should validate by logging into the VM.
9. Click Commit to complete the failover process.

FIGURE 5-62 Failover completed

10. You should also consider protecting your VM again by clicking Re-protect, which will reverse the process (see Figure 5-63).

FIGURE 5-63 Re-protect option

11. Once the VM is protected again, you can perform a failback to get to the original state. Similarly, you can use Site Recovery for other scenarios.