The appliance cannot perform virtual restores if it cannot communicate with the virtual failover client. After the first failed attempt to perform a restore, the appliance places the VFC in a Halted state. After several minutes, it attempts the restore again. After three failed attempts, the status of the VFC becomes Invalid, and it remains in a halted state until you delete it.
The most likely reason the appliance cannot communicate with the VFC is that there is a problem with the network settings. To resolve this problem, you must delete the VFC (see Deleting a virtual failover client) and create a new one with valid network settings (see Setting up a virtual failover client).
When assigning network settings to the new VFC, consider the following:
| • | The IP address must be unique. |
| • | The IP address must have the same subnet as the hypervisor on which the VFC resides. |
| • | You must assign the VFC the same gateway as the hypervisor on which the VFC resides. |