Taking over a virtual business service

Takeover is an activity initiated by a user when the production data center is down due to any disaster or natural calamities, and the virtual business services (VBSs) need to be restored at the recovery data center in order to provide business continuity. The takeover operation brings up the VBSs at the recovery data center.

To perform takeover operation on a virtual business service

  1. Navigate

    Assets > Virtual Business Services tab

  2. Select

    Use the on-screen filters, the Search field, and table heading sort feature to locate your VBS.

  3. Take over the VBS.

    Do one of the following:

    • Right click on the VBS row and select Takeover.

    • On the right side of the VBS row, click on the vertical ellipsis and select Takeover.

    • Double click the VBS row, under DR Readiness section, select Takeover.

    On the confirmation screen, select the data center that you want to take over, and click Takeover.