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title: "Setting Group Processing Order"
description: "Inventory groups in a recovery plan are processed in the order they appear in the Recovery plan list. If some machines in a group are dependent upon machines in other groups, make sure that the required group is recovered first."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Working with Recovery Plans > Editing Recovery Plans > Configuring Groups > Setting Group Processing Order"
dateModified: "2026-08-26"
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# Setting Group Processing Order

Inventory groups in a recovery plan are processed in the order they appear in the **Recovery plan** list. If some machines in a group are dependent upon machines in other groups, make sure that the required group is recovered first.

To change the processing order for inventory groups included in a recovery plan:

1. Navigate to **Recovery Plans**.
2. Select the plan for which you want to change the group processing order and click **Manage** > **Edit**.
3. On the **Edit Plan** page, do the following:

   1. Expand the plan to see all its inventory groups and select an inventory group whose processing order you want to change.
   2. To move the group up or down the list, use the **Move Up** and **Move Down** arrows.
   3. To save changes made to the plan settings, click **Save Plan**.

::: note

By design, each recovery plan contains 2 default groups — *Pre-plan steps* and *Post-plan steps*. These groups include plan steps that run before and after the recovery process. You cannot change the processing order for the *Pre-plan steps* and *Post-plan steps* groups, but you can add and remove steps for these groups. For more information, see [Configuring Steps](configuring_steps.md).

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