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:

• The backup plan has been edited so that the DRP parameters changed.
• The backup contains new data items or does not contain items previously backed up. (This does not apply to such data items as files or folders.)

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:

• %ProgramFiles%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\drp.xsl - in 32-bit Windows
• %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Acronis\BackupAndRecovery\drp.xsl - in 64-bit Windows
• /usr/lib/Acronis/BackupAndRecovery/drp.xsl - in Linux

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.