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title: "Scheduling Failover"
description: "You can schedule a time for a CDP 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 Orchestrator UI."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vro/userguide/scheduling_failover_cdp.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Working with Recovery Plans > Working with CDP Replica Plans > Running and Scheduling CDP Replica Plans > Scheduling Failover"
dateModified: "2026-08-26"
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# Scheduling Failover

You can schedule a time for a CDP 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 Orchestrator UI.

To schedule a CDP replica plan:

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

   -OR-

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

3. In the **Scheduled Tasks** window, do the following:

   1. Set the **Schedule plan execution** toggle to *Enabled*.
   2. Click the **Configure schedule** link 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, click the **Schedule** icon in the **Start on** field, set the desired date and time, and click **Apply**.
      - If you want to run the plan after another plan, select the **Execure after plan** check box and click **Choose**. Then, in the **Select Plan** window, select the necessary plan and click **Apply**.

        For a plan to be displayed in the list, it must be *ENABLED* as described in section [Running and Scheduling Restore Plans](running_restore_plans.md#enablingplans).

   3. Set the **Malware actions** toggle to *Enabled* if you want to check restore points created for machines included in the plan for malware flags. 

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

   4. Review the configuration information and click **Save**.

As soon as you click **Save**, Orchestrator will create a new schedule. To track the status of the created schedule, navigate to the **Scheduled tasks** tab.

::: tip

- [You can also scan a recovery plan for possible malware without scheduling the plan execution. To do that, follow the instructions provided in section]{.Notes} [Scanning Recovery Plans](scanning_recovery_plans.md)[.]{.Notes}
- [You can disable a configured schedule if you no longer need it. To do that, set the]{.Notes} **Schedule plan execution** [toggle to]{.Notes} *Disabled* [in the]{.Notes} **Scheduled Tasks** [window.]{.Notes}  


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[![Scheduling Failover](images/schedule_replica.png "Scheduling Failover")](images/schedule_replica.png){.toggle scale=65}