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title: "Running and Scheduling Storage Plans"
description: "To run a storage plan, it must be ENABLED. To enable a plan: Navigate to Recovery Plans. Select the plan. From the Manage menu, select Properties. OR- Right-click the plan name and select Manage > Properties. Set the Availability toggle to Enabled."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vro/userguide/running_storage_plans.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Working with Recovery Plans > Working with Storage Plans > Running and Scheduling Storage Plans"
dateModified: "2026-08-26"
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# Running and Scheduling Storage Plans

To run a storage plan, it must be *ENABLED*. To enable a plan:

1. Navigate to **Recovery Plans**.
2. Select the plan.
3. From the **Manage** menu, select **Properties**.

   OR-

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

4. Set the **Availability** toggle to *Enabled*.
5. Click **Save**.

If you do not enable a plan before you run it, the [Run Plan](running_storage_failover.md) wizard will force you to do that as soon as you try running the plan.

::: note

1. An Orchestrator Administrator or Plan Operator can force-enable a plan in the **Run Plan** wizard. However, a Plan Operator will not be able to run a disabled storage plan. 

   For more information on roles that can be assigned to users and user groups working with the Orchestrator UI, see [Managing User Accounts](managing_user_accounts.md).

2. For security purposes, all ‘real-world’ actions associated with storage plans require password confirmation.

:::


## In This Section

- [Scheduling Storage Failover](scheduling_storage_failover.md)
- [Running Storage Failover](running_storage_failover.md)
- [Halting Storage Failover](halting_storage_failover.md)
- [Resetting Storage Plans](resetting_storage_plans.md)
- [Halting Plan Testing](halting_storage_plan_testing.md)
- [Managing Halted Storage Plans](managing_halted_storage_plans.md)