Q: Can I perform a planned failover of a Hyper-V Replica replicated virtual machine to test the replica VM prior to starting reverse replication?

Shutdown the virtual machine (VM):

Stop-VM –VMName  –ComputerName 

Prepare the VM for failover:

Start-VMFailover –VMName  –ComputerName  –Prepare

Prepare the VM for failover on the Hyper-V Replica server:

Start-VMFailover –VMName  –ComputerName 

Start the VM on the replica and perform any testing:

Start-VM –VMName  –ComputerName 

Reverse the replication from the replica server to the primary:

Set-VMReplication -VMName  -ComputerName  –Reverse