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title: "Performing Permanent Failover"
description: "To perform permanent failover, do the following: In the inventory pane of the Home view, click the Replicas node. In the working area, right-click the VM replica and select Permanent Failover. In the opened window, click Yes to confirm the operation."
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# Performing Permanent Failover

To perform permanent failover, do the following:

1. In the inventory pane of the **Home** view, click the **Replicas** node.
2. In the working area, right-click the VM replica and select **Permanent Failover**.
3. In the opened window, click **Yes** to confirm the operation.

[![Launch Failover](images/vmware_definite_failover.png "Launch Failover")](images/vmware_definite_failover.png){.toggle scale=75}

## Reference

For more information on permanent failover, see the [Permanent Failover](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/permanent_failover.html?ver=13) (VMware vSphere) and [Permanent Failover](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/permanent_failover.html?ver=13) (Microsoft Hyper-V) sections in the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide.