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Figure 22. Recovery Plan Test Cleanup
See Clean Up After Testing a Recovery Plan in the Site Recovery Manager documentation.
History Reports
When workflows such as a recovery plan test and cleanup are performed in Site Recovery
Manager, history reports are automatically generated. These reports document items such as
the workflow name, execution times, successful operations, failures, and error messages. History
reports are useful for a number of reasons including internal auditing, proof of disaster recovery
protection for regulatory requirements, and troubleshooting. Reports can be exported to HTML,
XML, CSV, or a Microsoft Excel or Word document.
Figure 23. History Reports
See View and Export a Recovery Plan History in the Site Recovery Manager documentation.
Exercise 8: Running a Recovery Plan
Running a recovery plan differs from testing a recovery plan. Testing a recovery plan does not
disrupt virtual machines at the protected site. When running a recovery plan, Site recovery
Manager will attempt to shut down virtual machines at the protected site before the recovery
process begins at the recovery site. Recovery plans are run when a disaster has occurred and
failover is required or when a planned migration is desired.
Figure 24. Run Recovery Plan