Forest Recovery: Create a cloud recovery site for Forest Recovery plan

Cayosoft Guardian offers automation of the recovery site deployment in the Microsoft Azure and AWS virtualization platforms. Once a recovery plan is created, Cayosoft Guardian can create virtual machines and other required resources in the selected cloud platform.

A forest recovery plan must be created and configured before you can start cloud recovery site deployment. Learn more in: Forest Recovery: Create, configure, verify and run forest recovery plan.

Add a cloud service

An Azure subscription or AWS account is required to create resources in the cloud that will be used as a recovery site.

When adding a cloud service, a connection account must be specified.

For Azure, this account must have a Contributor role in the subscription to create a resource group and all related resources. In case you would like to use pre-created resource groups, a connection account must have a Contributor role in the resource groups where you plan to create resources.

For AWS, an account with AdministratorAccess permission is required to create resources. To add a cloud service:

1. Open Cayosoft Guardian web portal.
2. Expand Forest Recovery node.
3. Select Cloud Services node.
4. Click Add.
5. Select AWS account or Azure account.
6. In wizard, specify the connection settings and save.

Create an Azure Recovery Site

1. Open Cayosoft Guardian web portal.
2. Expand Forest Recovery node.
3. Select Recovery plans node.
4. Open a configured forest recovery plan or click Add to create a new one. Learn more in: Forest Recovery: Create, configure, verify and run forest recovery plan.
5. Click Deploy recovery site and select Deploy to Azure or Deploy to AWS.
6. Review and modify setting if required.
7. Click Deploy button.
8. Observe deployment process.

Once cloud recovery site deployment is completed successfully, verify a forest recovery plan. Learn more about the management of cloud recovery sites. Learn more in: Manage cloud recovery sites.

NOTE: A Server with Desktop Experience will be deployed in Azure Recovery Site even if a backup was created on a Server Core server.