AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (AWS DRS) now offers Recovery Plans, a capability that automates the sequential launch of multi-server applications during recovery and drills. Instead of launching servers one at a time and tracking dependencies manually, you define the recovery sequence once and run it with a single action when you need it. This addresses a common challenge for customers running applications made up of databases, application tiers, and supporting services that must come up in a specific order.

Recovery Plans let you group servers into sequential steps with configurable wait times between them, so your application recovers predictably and consistently every time. You can run plans in a non-disruptive drill mode to validate your procedures, add approval steps where you want a person in the loop, and monitor progress in real time. This automation reduces recovery time and eliminates common errors that occur when coordinating server launch order during high-stress disaster scenarios.

Recovery Plans are available in all AWS Regions where AWS DRS is offered, at no additional cost beyond standard DRS usage. To learn more, visit the AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery User Guide.