Adding a New Device to Plan

  1. Sign in to the Management Console using a SuperUser account.
  2. Navigate to Continuity > DRaaS > Overview
  3. Click Add to plan

  4. In the Add devices(s) to recovery plan: DRaaS page, select the Customer from the Customer dropdown

  5. Select a Compatible device from the devices list

    The compatibility logic is independent of devices added to other plans. Therefore, a device can be added to Recovery Testing/Standby Image and DRaaS.

  6. Click Next
  7. Enter the Encryption Key/Security Code or Passphrase for the selected device

  8. Click Apply, then Next after credential verification completes
  9. Enter the email address of the recipient(s) who will receive successful and failed recovery reports (Optional)
  10. Click Next
  11. Confirm your intention to assign the plan

  12. Click Done to complete adding the device to the plan

    13. View the latest boot test results from Device Properties > Recovery Verification > DRaaS. By default, the IP is set from backup statistics (if several exist, the first is used), and you can update it when the device is not in failover or later during the failover initiation process.

Using your Device in the Plan

Now that your device is in the plan, the production device copy exists in our infrastructure, it’s updated according to your backup schedule and monthly boot-testing.

You can start the machine to:

  • Access files or perform checks
  • Run a test failover to verify functionality in a disaster scenario
  • Execute a production failover if a real disaster occurs

To start the Virtual Machine (VM), you need to perform test or production failover.