2 things need to be in place in order to get the Re-IP working.
1) A Failover is started of a Windows VM, then we change the target replica VM at failover times.
2) Failover need to be happening with Network connected (if you choose to failover without network connection enabled, then we do not set the different IP).
If you want to test it in a save way, you can create a dummy non connected network switch on the replica target ESXi host and use it as mapped network.
Let the Replication job run.
If you then failover while production VM is running, the ReIP works but the network card is connected to the dummy network switch that is not connected to your production network.
Then after test change the network mapping to what you want to use at failover (or disable it).
Or maybe test with a test VM.
I have done this Re-IP change many times throughout the years at different versions after replication job was already present. It worked without issues. It could be a bug as well, but please test the above, then decide to open a support ticket if it is still not working.
1) A Failover is started of a Windows VM, then we change the target replica VM at failover times.
2) Failover need to be happening with Network connected (if you choose to failover without network connection enabled, then we do not set the different IP).
If you want to test it in a save way, you can create a dummy non connected network switch on the replica target ESXi host and use it as mapped network.
Let the Replication job run.
If you then failover while production VM is running, the ReIP works but the network card is connected to the dummy network switch that is not connected to your production network.
Then after test change the network mapping to what you want to use at failover (or disable it).
Or maybe test with a test VM.
I have done this Re-IP change many times throughout the years at different versions after replication job was already present. It worked without issues. It could be a bug as well, but please test the above, then decide to open a support ticket if it is still not working.
Statistics: Posted by Andreas Neufert — Nov 07, 2024 12:14 pm