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title: "Scheduling Storage Failover"
description: "You can schedule a time for a storage plan to execute. Only the failover process can be scheduled — all other operations must be performed manually in the Orchestrator UI."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Working with Recovery Plans > Working with Storage Plans > Running and Scheduling Storage Plans > Scheduling Storage Failover"
dateModified: "2026-08-26"
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# Scheduling Storage Failover

You can schedule a time for a storage plan to execute. Only the failover process can be scheduled — all other operations must be performed manually in the Orchestrator UI.

::: note

If you configure a schedule for a storage plan, Orchestrator will not be able to trigger reverse replication to reprotect volumes included in the plan — this option is available only when you [run the storage failover process manually](running_storage_failover.md).

:::

To schedule a storage 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 **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 Storage Plans](running_storage_plans.md).

   3. 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 disable a configured schedule if you no longer need it. To do that, set the **Schedule plan execution** toggle to *Disabled* in the **Scheduled Tasks** window.

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[![Halting Storage Failover](images/schedule_storage.png "Halting Storage Failover")](images/schedule_storage.png){.toggle scale=65}