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title: "Configuring Steps"
description: "For each machine included in a recovery plan, you can add and remove steps performed when processing the machine: Navigate to Recovery Plans. Select the plan that contains a machine whose steps you want to edit. From the Manage menu, select Edit."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vro/userguide/configuring_steps.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Working with Recovery Plans > Editing Recovery Plans > Configuring Steps"
dateModified: "2026-08-26"
---

# Configuring Steps

For each machine included in a recovery plan, you can add and remove steps performed when processing the machine:

 1. Navigate to **Recovery Plans**.
 2. Select the plan that contains a machine whose steps you want to edit.
 3. From the **Manage** menu, select **Edit**.

    OR-

    Right-click the plan name and select **Manage** > **Edit**.

 4. On the **Edit Plan** page, expand the plan, select the necessary machine and click **Step editor**. 
 5. <a id="editing"></a>In the **Step Editor** window, do the following:

    -   To change the step execution order, use the **Move Up** and **Move Down** arrows to move steps up and down the list.
    -   To remove a step, select the step and click **Remove**.
    -   To add a step, click **Add**. In the **Add Recovery Steps** window, click **Add** and select steps to be performed for each machine during restore. 

        For a step to be displayed in the **Step name** list, it must be added to the list of inventory items available for the scope, as described in section [Managing Inventory Items](managing_inventory_items.md). If a step is displayed as not available, this means that the step has already been added to the plan and cannot be added twice.

        ::: note

        If a VM is included in multiple inventory groups in the same plan, Orchestrator will only run the **Restore VM** step once. However, other steps for this VM will execute when processing it in each group.

        :::

 6. To save changes made to the plan settings, click **Save**.

## Configuring Multiple Steps

You can simultaneously edit steps for multiple machines in each inventory group. To do that, select an inventory group in the **Recovery plan** column and click **Step editor**. In the **Step Editor** window, do the following:

1. Choose whether you want to modify current or default steps:

   - If you modify current steps, Orchestrator will apply changes to all machines included in the group.
   - If you modify default steps, Orchestrator will apply changes only to new machines that will be added to this group in future. 

2. Follow the instructions provided in [step 5](#editing).
3. To save changes made to the plan settings, click **Save**.

[![Configuring Steps](images/configuring_steps.png "Configuring Steps")](images/configuring_steps.png){.toggle scale=70}