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Undoing Failover

To undo failover:

  1. Open the Home view.
  2. In the inventory pane, navigate to the Replicas > Active node.
  3. In the working area, select the necessary replica and click Undo Failover on the ribbon. As an alternative. right-click one of the selected replicas and click Undo failover.
  4. In the displayed window, do the following:
  1. If you want to force failover undo, select the Force undo failover check box.

When you force failover, Veeam Backup & Replication attempts to perform the undo failover operation in a regular way. If the host on which the VM replica resides is unavailable, Veeam Backup & Replication changes the VM replica state to Ready in the configuration database and console. This helps avoid failure of the undo failover operation.

  1. Click Yes.

Undoing Failover