"Clone" Operations

How to create, connect to, and use Axilon "Clones"

This page explains how a user can interface with and manage Axilon "Clones" on a day to day basis.

Creating a New "Clone"

1. Once logged into the client via inputting your credentials, navigate to the Configurations menu.

2. Click Create Clone in the upper right hand corner

3. Choose the name for your custom failover enclave

4. Select the application image for which you would like to set up the failover/"clone"

5. Select which configuration is associated with this failover enclave (these are the snapshots that will be auto-restored to the clone environment in the background)

6. Click Create

7. Over the next 10-15 minutes, information about the clone will populate into the dashboard

Connecting to the "Clone"

1. Navigate to the Configurations menu.

2. Click the RDP Credentials button in the submenu reached from the three dots next to the desired enclave

3. Input the credentials in the new window into the RDP client of the user’s choice

4. An RDP connection to the failover enclave will open, allowing interface as normal

Initiating a Switch-over to the "Clone"

1. Navigate to the Configurations submenu of the failover menu

2. Select the failover enclave you would like to enable failover mode for

3. Click on the Start Failover button in the three dots side menu

4. Select Yes when asked Are you sure?

5. While Failover mode is enabled, scheduled snapshots and autorestores will run on the failover system instead of the primary. Additionally, manual snapshots will run on the failover system and trigger failback to the primary.

Switching Back from the "Clone"

1. Navigate to the Configurations submenu of the failover menu

2. Select the failover enclave you would like to enable failover mode for

3. Click on the End Failover button in the three dots side menu

4. Select Yes when asked Are you sure?