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title: "Replica Plans"
description: "If you want to recover vSphere VMs protected by Veeam replication jobs, you can create a replica plan. After you create and configure a replica plan, run a successful readiness check, malware scan and a DataLab test, the plan can be considered..."
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dateModified: "2026-08-26"
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# Replica Plans

If you want to recover vSphere VMs protected by Veeam replication jobs, you can create a replica plan.

After you create and configure a replica plan, run a successful [readiness check](running_readiness_check.md), [malware scan](scanning_recovery_plans.md) and a [DataLab test](testing_recovery_plans.md), the plan can be considered ready for failover. You can invoke various actions for the plan, depending on the current plan state:

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      <p>Point in Time</p>
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      <p>Actions</p>
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      <p>New plan created</p>
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      <p>After plan creation, you can:</p>
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        <li class="Table_List"><a href="scheduling_failover.md" class="Table_List">Schedule a time for the plan to execute failover</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
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        <li class="Table_List"><a href="running_failover.md" class="Table_List">Run the plan to execute failover immediately</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
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      <p>Failover</p>
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      <p>After failover, you can:</p>
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        <li class="Table_List"><a href="running_permanent_failover.md" class="Table_List">Perform permanent failover</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
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        <li class="Table_List"><a href="running_failback.md" class="Table_List">Fail back to the original or to a new location</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
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      <p>Failback</p>
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      <p>After failback, you can:</p>
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        <li class="Table_List"><a href="committing_failback.md" class="Table_List">Commit failback</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
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      <p>Any</p>
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      <p>At any point, you can:</p>
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        <li class="Table_List"><a href="halting_failover.md" class="Table_List">Halt the plan to interrupt its execution</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><a href="undoing_halted_replica_plans.md" class="Table_List">Undo to attempt reversal of the previous action</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
        <li class="Table_List"><a href="resetting_halted_replica_plans.md" class="Table_List">Reset the plan to clear the current state and allow it to run again</a><span class="Table_List">.</span></li>
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