Before a test failover can be run the following requirements must be met:
- A recovery plan must be configured and associated with one or more protection groups.
- Inventory mappings should be configured so that the virtual machines can be properly recovered.
- A placeholder datastore where the configuration files for the recovered VMs are stored - shadow VMs.
- A PowerFlex RCG exists that contains at least one device pair in a consistent state. The target volumes must be presented to the recovery site ESXi hosts.
Once all required configurations are complete, the user can perform a test failover.