Failover Job Wizard for Amazon EC2: Destination

On the Destination page of the wizard, you can specify a failover destination for your Amazon EC2 instances.

Important
You may be additionally charged for using a third-party resource. Refer to the 3rd-party resource provider documentation for details.

Single Destination for Amazon EC2 Instances

To fail over all Amazon EC2 instances defined in the previous page in the wizard to the same AWS region and with the same options, set up the following:

  1. Network: Select an Amazon EC2 VPC to which all Amazon EC2 instances will be connected.

  2. Subnet: Select an Amazon EC2 Subnet to which all Amazon EC2 instances will be connected.

  3. Security group: Select an Amazon EC2 Security Group for all Amazon EC2 instances.

  4. Instance access: Specify Amazon EC2 Key Pair options by choosing one of the following:

    • Use existing key pair: An existing Amazon EC2 Key Pair will be used to connect to the recovered instances.

    • Create a new key pair: A new Amazon EC2 Key Pair will be created and assigned to all recovered Amazon EC2 instances. Enter a name for the new Amazon EC2 Key Pair in the Key pair name box and click Download.

      Important
      This is your only chance to save the private key file, so make sure you save the private key file in a safe place. You will need to provide the name of your key pair when you start recovered Amazon EC2 instances and the corresponding private key each time you connect to the instances.

    • Proceed without key pair: No AWS Key Pair will be assigned to the recovered Amazon EC2 instances.

      Important
      A key pair allows you to connect to Linux instances via SSH. If you recover Linux instances without a key pair, you will not be able to connect to them

5. Click Next to go to the next page in the wizard.

Different Destinations for Amazon EC2 Instances

To set different destination options for individual Amazon EC2 instances, follow the steps below:

  1. Click Advanced options.

    • Click an EC2 instance to expand it. Set the options as follows:

      1. Region: Select a target region for the Amazon EC2 instance.

      2. Instance type: Select a type for the recovered Amazon EC2 instance.

      3. EBS Volumes: Choose whether to recover or skip recovering individual AWS EBS Volumes. 

      4. Network: Select an Amazon EC2 VPC to which the Amazon EC2 instance will be connected.

      5. Network adapter(s): Specify the Amazon EC2 network adapter options for every network adapter:

        • Subnet: Select an Amazon EC2 subnet to which the network adapter will be connected.

        • Security group: Select an Amazon EC2 security group for the Amazon EC2 instance.

        • Primary IP: Assign a valid primary IP to a current adapter.

          Note

          If a source instance has more network adapters than a target one, the target network adapters exceeding the supported number will be disabled.

      6. Instance access:Specify Amazon EC2 Key Pair options as follows:

        • Use existing key pair: Choose an existing Amazon EC2 Key Pair to use to connect to the recovered instance.

        • Create a new key pair: Select this option to create a new Amazon EC2 Key Pair and assign it to the recovered Amazon EC2 instance. Enter a name for the new Amazon EC2 Key Pair in the Key pair name box and click Download.

          Important
          This is your only chance to save the private key file, so make sure you keep it in a safe place. You will need to provide the name of your key pair when you launch the recovered EC2 instance and the corresponding private key each time you connect to the instance.
        • Proceed without key pair: Select this option if you do not want to assign an AWS Key Pair to the recovered Amazon EC2 instance.
          Important
          A key pair enables you to connect to a Linux instance via SSH. If you recover Linux instances without a key pair, you will not be able to connect to them.

      3. Click Next to go to the next page in the wizard.