You can customize the actions of Site Recovery Manager during recovery by creating, testing, and running recovery plans. What to read next Create a Recovery PlanYou create a recovery plan to establish how Site Recovery Manager recovers virtual machines. Organize Recovery Plans in FoldersYou can create folders in which to organize recovery plans. 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, VMware Site Recovery runs the virtual machines of the recovery plan on a test network and on a temporary snapshot of replicated data at the recovery site. VMware Site Recovery 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 complete the cleanup operation before you can run a failover or another test. Run a Recovery PlanWhen you run a recovery plan, VMware Site Recovery migrates all virtual machines in the recovery plan to the recovery site. VMware Site Recovery attempts to shut down the corresponding virtual machines on the protected site. Cancel a Test or RecoveryYou can cancel a recovery plan test or recovery whenever the status is test in progress or failover in progress. Parent topic: Creating, Testing, and Running Recovery Plans
