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title: "Running Failback"
description: "When failing back to the original or to a new location, make sure that this location has enough space to accommodate the recovered VM. Otherwise, Orchestrator will not be able to complete the failback operation."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vro/userguide/running_failback.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Working with Recovery Plans > Working with Replica Plans > Running and Scheduling Replica Plans > Finalizing Failover > Running Failback"
dateModified: "2026-08-26"
---

# Running Failback

::: important

When failing back to the original or to a new location, make sure that this location has enough space to accommodate the recovered VM. Otherwise, Orchestrator will not be able to complete the failback operation.

:::

To perform failback for a plan in the *FAILOVER* state:

 1. Navigate to **Recovery Plans**.
 2. Select the plan and click **Run**.
 3. In the **Progress Plan** window, do the following:

     1. For security purposes, retype your password and click **Next**.
     2. In the **Recovery Location** section, select a location to which VMs will be recovered. 

        For a recovery location to be displayed in the list of available locations, it must be created and added to the list of inventory items available for the scope, as described in section [Managing Recovery Locations](managing_recovery_locations.md).

        ::: note

        Orchestrator will perform failback using all [settings configured for the location](configuring_recovery_locations.md) — except Instant VM Recovery and backup copy preference. These settings are not applicable to failback operations.

        :::

        If you want to fail back to a new recovery location and the selected location includes multiple hosts, datastores and networks, Orchestrator will use the round-robin algorithm to recover VMs. For more information, see [How Orchestrator Places VMs During Failback](understanding_resource_usage_failback.md).

     3. In the **Recovery actions** section, do the following:

         1. From the **Actions to take** drop-down list, select the **Prepare for failback** option for Orchestrator to switch from VM replicas to the original VMs when you run the plan next time.
         2. [Applies only if you have selected the Original VM Location] Select the **Use quick rollback** check box if you want to instruct Orchestrator to synchronize changed data blocks only — this may help you speed up the failback process significantly.

            For more information on the quick rollback process, see the Veeam Backup & Replication User Guide, section [Quick Rollback](https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/userguide/failback_quick_rollback.html?ver=13).

     4. In the **Malware detection** section, choose whether you want to check restore points created for the VMs included in the plan for malware flags. 

        For more information on how Orchestrator performs malware scan, see [Overview](malware_scan_overview.md).

     5. Review configuration information and click **Run**.

[![Running Failback](images/failback_prepare.png "Running Failback")](images/failback_prepare.png){.toggle scale=65}