Scheduling Failover

You can schedule a time for a regular replica plan to execute. Only the failover process can be scheduled — all other operations (failback, undo failover and so on) must be performed manually in the VAO UI.

To schedule a regular replica plan:

1. Log in to the VAO UI as a VAO Administrator or Plan Operator. For more information, see Accessing VAO UI.
2. Navigate to Orchestration Plans.
3. Select the plan. From the Launch menu, select Schedule.

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Right-click the plan name and select Launch > Schedule.

4. Complete the Schedule Plan wizard:

1. For security purposes, at the Enter Credentials step, retype the VAO Administrator or Plan Operator password.

2. At the Options step, select the Enable Scheduled execution for this Plan check box, and choose whether you want to run the plan on schedule or after any other plan.

• If you want to run the plan at a specific time, select the Schedule on option, click the Schedule icon, set the desired date and time, and click Apply.
• If you want to run the plan after another plan, select the Schedule after option and click Choose a Plan. Then, in the Select Plan window, select the necessary plan and click OK.

For a plan to be displayed in the Available Plans list, it must be ENABLED as described in section Running and Scheduling Regular Replica Plans.

3. At the Summary step, review configuration information and click Finish.