Virtual machine failover management for geo-redundant data centers

An apparatus, comprising:

• one or more memories storing processor-executable code;
• and
• one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the apparatus to:
• replicate a full snapshot and one or more incremental snapshots of a virtual machine from a first data center to a second data center;
• migrate the virtual machine from a first host associated with the first data center to a second host associated with the second data center;
• link a first instance of the virtual machine that was replicated from the first data center and a second instance of the virtual machine that is managed by the second data center;
• and
• capture an incremental snapshot of the virtual machine.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to:

• replicate a full snapshot and one or more incremental snapshots of a virtual machine from a first data center to a second data center;
• migrate the virtual machine from a first host associated with the first data center to a second host associated with the second data center;
• link a first instance of the virtual machine that was replicated from the first data center and a second instance of the virtual machine that is managed by the second data center;
• and
• capture an incremental snapshot of the virtual machine.