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7 Recover a Point-in-Time Snapshot of a Virtual Machine on page 75
With vSphere Replication, you can retain point-in-time snapshots of a virtual machine. 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.
8 Cancel a Test or Recovery on page 76
You can cancel a recovery plan test whenever the status is test in progress or failover in progress.
Create a Recovery Plan
You create a recovery plan to establish how Site Recovery Manager recovers virtual machines.
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Web Client, select Site Recovery > Recovery Plans.
2 On the Objects tab, click the icon to create a recovery plan.
3 Enter a name and description for the plan, select a folder, then click Next.
4 Select the recovery site and click Next.
5 Select the group type from the menu.
Option Description
VM protection groups
Select this option to create a recovery plan that contains array-based
replication and vSphere Replication protection groups.
Storage policy protection groups
Select this option to create a recovery plan that contains storage policy
protection groups.
The default is VM protection groups.
NOTE If using stretched storage, select Storage policy protection groups for the group type.
6 Select one or more protection groups for the plan to recover, and click Next.
7 Click the Test Network value, select a network to use during test recovery, and click Next.
The default option is to create an isolated network automatically.
8 Review the summary information and click Finish to create the recovery plan.
Organize Recovery Plans in Folders
You can create folders in which to organize recovery plans.
Organizing recovery plans into folders is useful if you have many recovery plans. You can limit the access to
recovery plans by placing them in folders and assigning different permissions to the folders for different
users or groups. For information about how to assign permissions to folders, see “Assign Site Recovery
Manager Roles and Permissions,” on page 15.
Procedure
1 In the Home view of the vSphere Web Client, click Site Recovery.
2 Expand Inventory Trees and click Recovery Plans.
3 Select the Related Objects tab and click Folders.
4 Click the Create Folder icon, enter a name for the folder to create, and click OK.
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