How to Create a Replication Plan in Disaster Recovery?

The Replication Plan in Ace Cloud Disaster Recovery allows you to safeguard your compute instances by continuously replicating them to a target site. This ensures data protection, minimal downtime, and quick recovery in case of failures.

Follow the steps below to create a Replication Plan:

Step 1: Login to your account.

Step 2: Navigate to Disaster Recovery from the left sidebar and select the Replications tab.

Step 3: Click Create Replication.

A 5-step configuration wizard will appear.

Step 4: Configure Replication Basics

• Replication Name: Enter a unique name for the replication plan.

• Retention Period: Define the duration for which backup data is retained before deletion.

• Time Unit: Days, Weeks, or Months.

• Duration: Numerical value (minimum: 1 day).

Step 5: Configure Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

• RPO defines how often backups are taken, representing the maximum acceptable data loss.

• A default backup frequency is provided.

• To add a new frequency:

  • Click Add Frequency.

  • Configure:

    • Backup Type: Incremental or Full.

    • Interval & Duration: Choose Minutes, Hours, or Days.

    • If Days is selected: set Daily Backup Time (Hour, Minute, AM/PM).

• Added entries will appear in the frequency table.

Step 6: Define Instance Group

• Select one or more active compute instances to protect.

• Multiple instances can be grouped under a single replication.

• Only active instances are shown.

Step 7: Configure Target Details

• Define the environment where replication will be restored:

  • Security Group(s) – Select one or more.

  • VPC(s) – Choose the target Virtual Private Cloud.

  • Flavor – Pick the required compute specs (CPU/RAM).

  • Key Pair – Required for non-Windows flavors. All fields are mandatory.

Step 8: Review & Create

• A summary screen displays your configuration.

• Review details carefully.

• Click Submit to create the replication.

Note: Once created, the system will automatically trigger the first backup.

Step 9: After submitting, the new replication will appear in the Replications tab.

This view helps track the overall progress and health of your replication plan.