You can customize the actions of Site Recovery Manager during recovery by creating, testing, and running recovery plans. What to read next Procedure Create a Recovery PlanYou create a recovery plan to establish how Site Recovery Manager recovers virtual machines. Organize Recovery Plans in FoldersTo control the access of different users or groups to recovery plans, you can organize your recovery plans in folders. Edit a Recovery PlanYou can edit a recovery plan to change the properties that you specified when you created it. You can edit recovery plans from the protected site or from the recovery site. Test a Recovery PlanWhen you test a recovery plan, Site Recovery Manager runs the virtual machines of the recovery plan on a test network and on a temporary snapshot of replicated data at the recovery site. Site Recovery Manager does not disrupt operations at the protected site. Clean up After Testing a Recovery PlanAfter you test a recovery plan, you can return the recovery plan to the Ready state by running a cleanup operation. You must finish the cleanup operation before you can run a failover or another test. Run a Recovery PlanWhen you run a recovery plan, Site Recovery Manager migrates all virtual machines in the recovery plan to the recovery site. Site Recovery Manager attempts to shut down the corresponding virtual machines on the protected site. Recover a Point-in-Time Snapshot of a Virtual MachineWith vSphere Replication, you can configure Site Recovery Manager to recover a number of point-in-time (PIT) snapshots of a virtual machine when you run a recovery plan. Cancel a Test or RecoveryYou can cancel a recovery plan test whenever the status is test in progress or failover in progress. Parent topic: Creating, Testing, and Running Recovery Plans Related concepts Testing a Recovery Plan Performing a Planned Migration or Disaster Recovery by Running a Recovery Plan Performing Test Recovery of Virtual Machines Across Multiple Hosts on the Recovery Site Related tasks Deactivate the Recovery of a Virtual Machine in a Storage Policy Protection Group Deactivate the Recovery of a Consistency Group in a Storage Policy Protection Group Export Recovery Plan Steps View and Export a Recovery Plan History Report Delete a Recovery Plan Related reference Differences Between Testing and Running a Recovery Plan Overview of Recovery Plan States
