Disaster recovery plan (DRP)

This option is effective for Windows and Linux but is not applicable to bootable media.

This option is not effective for file-level backups.

Disaster recovery plan (DRP) contains a list of backed up data items and detailed instructions that guide a user through a process of recovering these items from a backup.

A DRP is created after the first successful backup is performed by the backup plan. If the Send disaster recovery plans option is enabled, the DRP is sent by e-mail to the specified list of users. If the Save DRP as file option is enabled, the DRP is saved as a file to the specified location. The DRP will be created again in the following cases:

If multiple machines are protected by a backup plan, then a separate DRP is created for each machine. You can specify a local folder (when connected directly to a managed machine), a network folder, an FTP or SFTP server as a location to save the DRPs.

DRP and post-backup commands

Note that the DRP will not automatically change if post-backup commands in your backup plan copy or move the backups from the original location. The DRP points only to the locations specified in the backup plan.

Adding information to a DRP template

You can append additional information to a DRP template if you are well familiar with XML and HTML. The default paths to the DRP template are:

To set up sending DRPs:

  1. Select the Send disaster recovery plans check box.
  2. Enter the e-mail address in the E-mail Address field. You can enter several e-mail addresses in a semicolon-delimited format.
  3. [Optional] Change the default value of the Subject field, if necessary.

    If you back up multiple machines with one centralized backup plan and want each machine user to receive a separate DRP e-mail about his/her machine only:

    1. Use the %MachineName% variable to show the name of the certain machine in the e-mail subject.
    2. Set up your mail server or client to filter or forward e-mails using the Subject field.
  4. Enter the parameters of access to the SMTP server. For more detailed information, see E-mail notifications.
  5. [Optional] Click Send test e-mail message to check if the settings are correct.

To set up saving DRPs as files:

  1. Select the Save DRP as file check box.
  2. Click Browse to specify a location for the DRP files.