Create a Recovery Plan

The first step in orchestrating disaster and ransomware recovery is to create a recovery plan.

Prerequisites

Before you create a recovery plan, do the following:

• Deploy a cloud file system.
• Deploy (or add) a Recovery SDDC.
• Set up a protected site.
• Deploy the DRaaS Connector on the protected site.
• Create a protection group for snapshot replication.

Note: You might have created a recovery plan with the option named ' recovery SDDC deployed in case of disaster'. If you have a plan with this option enabled, the plan will not run successfully, as this feature was removed. You must edit and reconfigure any plans that were created with that option selected. As a workaround, ensure that both the source protected site and target recovery SDDC referenced in the plan are running. Then, edit the plan and on the first page select the 'Existing recovery SDDC' option. Next, reconfigure all of the plan mappings and then save the plan. Then, we recommend that you test the plan for disaster preparedness.

Procedure

1. From the left navigation, select Recovery plans.
2. Click the Create Recovery Plan button in the upper-right.
3. In the Recovery Plan wizard, enter a name for the plan and a description.
   Write a good description, since this information appears when you generate a recovery plan report. A good description can help others on your team understand what VMs and applications this plan protects.
4. In the Recovery site section, the Existing Recovery SDDC is selected.
5. When you click Next, you can start mapping all components of a protected vCenter site.

What to do next

Configure Recovery Plans.