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title: "Scheduling Restore"
description: "You can schedule a time for a restore plan to execute. To do that: Navigate to Recovery Plans. Select the plan. From the Launch menu, select Manage > Schedule. -OR- Right-click the plan name and select Manage > Schedule."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vro/userguide/scheduling_restore.html"
breadcrumb: "User Guide > Working with Recovery Plans > Working with Restore Plans > Running and Scheduling Restore Plans > Scheduling Restore"
dateModified: "2026-08-26"
---

# Scheduling Restore

You can schedule a time for a restore plan to execute. To do that:

1. Navigate to **Recovery Plans**. 
2. Select the plan. From the **Launch** menu, select **Manage** > **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 **Execute 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 of available plans, 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. When restoring to a VMware vSphere environment, you can also decide whether you want to scan these restore points with antivirus software, YARA rules or both.

      By default, Orchestrator checks the most recent restore point on each machine. If no clean restore point is found, Orchestrator restores the machine to the selected recovery location without connecting it to any network. However, you can instruct Orchestrator to halt the plan and cancel the restore operation if no clean restore point is found.

      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}

:::

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