<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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 <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/drs/latest/userguide/recovery-plans.html">AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery User Guide</a>.</p>