Creating a new resiliency plan
Using the Veritas Resiliency Platform console, you can create a new resiliency plan for the following operations. Resiliency plans can be created using an existing template or with a blank template. When you create a plan using a blank template, you need to create the plan and add the assets at the same time.
Start and stop a resiliency group.
Start and stop a virtual business service (VBS).
Rehearsal and cleanup rehearsal of a resiliency group.
Rehearse and rehearse cleanup is supported only for resiliency groups consisting of virtual machines.
Migrate and recover a resiliency group.
Migrate and recover a VBS.
Manual task
Run a custom script
Note:
To create a plan for migrate, recover, rehearsal, or cleanup rehearsal operation, disaster recovery must be configured successfully on the selected resiliency group or the VBS.
To create a new resiliency plan using blank template
- Navigate
Automation Plans (navigation pane) > Resiliency Plans
Or Quick Actions > Resiliency Plans
- In the Saved Plans section, click +New.
- In the Create Saved Plan - Select Template wizard panel, select Blank Template, and click Next.
- In the Add Assets panel, enter name and description.
- Drag and drop the required operation into the canvas. Connect the Start and Stop actions to the operation.
- Click the pencil icon in the action box to configure the relevant asset for the operation. Select the source and target data center for the operation. Click Save.
For Recover Resiliency Group task, if a replication-based resiliency group is selected, then the Abort recover if these subtasks fail checkbox is displayed. If you wish to abort recover operation or shutdown of a virtual machine or stop replication on source and target Replication Gateway fails, select this checkbox.
For Recover Resiliency Group and Rehearsal Resiliency Group tasks, if a resiliency group is configured using Multi-RPO recovery of hosts service objective, the data mover technology selection is enabled. Select the appropriate data mover technology to perform the operation.
For Recover Virtual Business Service task, if a VBS associated with replication-based resiliency group is selected, then the Abort recover if these subtasks fail checkbox is displayed. If you wish to abort recover operation or shutdown of a virtual machine or stop replication on source and target gateway fails, select this checkbox.
For Recover Virtual Business Service and Rehearsal Virtual Business Service tasks, if a VBS associated with a resiliency group configured using Multi-RPO recovery of hosts service objective is selected, an option to select the data mover technology for applicable resiliency groups is enabled. You need to select appropriate data mover technology for all the applicable resiliency groups.
- Click Submit.
To create a new resiliency plan using predefined template
- Navigate
Automation Plans (navigation pane) > Resiliency Plans
Or Quick Actions > Resiliency Plans
- In the Saved Plans section, click +New.
- In the Create Saved Plan - "Select Template" wizard panel, select Pre-defined Template.
- Select a template from the list and click Next.
- In the Add Assets panel, name and description are pre-populated.
- Click the pencil icon in the action box to configure relevant asset for the operation. Select the source and target data center for the operation. Click Save.
For Recover Resiliency Group task, if a replication-based resiliency group is selected, then the Abort recover if these subtasks fail checkbox is displayed. If you wish to abort recover operation or shutdown of a virtual machine or stop replication on source and target Replication Gateway fails, select this checkbox.
For Recover Resiliency Group and Rehearsal Resiliency Group tasks, if a resiliency group configured using Multi-RPO recovery of hosts service objective is selected, the data mover technology selection enabled. Select the appropriate data mover technology to perform the operation.
For Recover Virtual Business Service task, if a VBS associated with replication-based resiliency group is selected, then the Abort recover if these subtasks fail checkbox is displayed. If you wish to abort recover operation or shutdown of a virtual machine or stop replication on source and target gateway fails, select this checkbox.
For Recover Virtual Business Service and Rehearsal Virtual Business Service tasks, if a VBS associated with a resiliency group configured using Multi-RPO recovery of hosts service objective is selected, an option to select data mover technology for applicable resiliency groups is enabled. You need to select appropriate data mover technology for all the applicable resiliency groups.
- Click Submit.