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Site Recovery Manager Administration Guide
66 VMware, Inc.
View a Recovery Plan
Toviewarecoveryplan,clicktheRecoveryStepstab,whichliststherecommended
stepsfordisasterrecovery.Somestepsmightincludesubstepsinatreeformation.
Clicktheplussign(+)toexpandtheviewtoincludesubsteps.Clicktheminussign()
toviewonlyhighlevelsteps.
Inadditiontorecoverystepsandsubsteps,othercolumnsofinformationappear.
The followinginformationappearsintherecoveryplan.Somefieldsareemptyuntila
recoveryplanistestedorrun.
RecoveryStep—Thestepsandsubstepstobeperformedduringtherecovery.
Status—Blankuntilarecoveryplanisrunortested.Whenastepissuccessfully
completed,thewordSuccessappearsintheStatuscolumn.
TaskStarted—Whenaplanisrunortested,thestartdateandtimeforthisstep
appear.
TaskCompleted—Whenaplanistestedorrun,thecompleteddateandtimefor
thisstepappear.
Mode—Describeswhetherthestepisrunningduringatestoranactualrecovery.
Recoverydescribesstepsthatarerunningonlyduringarecovery.Ifatestis
running,thewordTestappearsandappliestotestsonly.
To select which information columns appear on a recovery plan
1Rightclickthetextbar.
2 Deselectthenameofacolumntoturnoff
viewingforthatcolumn.
OntheRecoverytab,atoolbaroficonsappears.Rollthecursorov ereachicontoseea
briefdescriptionoftheicons,whichenableactionssuchaseditingorexportingyour
recoveryplan.
To export the steps of a recovery plan
1ClicktheExporticonontheRecoveryStepstab.
2 Savethefilein
adirectoryusingafilenameofyourchoice.
ThereportexportsinXML, .doc,XLW,HTML,andCSVformats.