A Recovery Group is a group of VMs that are replicated together and recovered to the same point in time, ensuring application consistency across the entire group.

    • Under the Protected Domain tab, select the Recovery Groups tab then click the CREATE RECOVERY GROUP button to create a new Recovery Group.
      • This will open a page listing all VMs associated with the protected project in the primary region.
      • VMs that do not meet all protection requirements will appear grayed out.
      • To see why a VM is not eligible for protection, hover the mouse over its row.

Figure 42: Create a new Recovery Group.

    • Provide the inputs required to create the Recovery Group:
      • Name – Name to uniquely identify the Recovery Group.
      • Disk scope – Zonal or regional scope of the VM disks that will added to this Recovery Group.
      • Disk zone – Zone where VM disks are located.
      • Disk replica zone – For regional disks, specify replica zone of the VM disks.
      • Secondary zone – Zone in the secondary region where VM disks will be replicated.
      • Secondary replica zone – For regional disks, specify a replica zone for secondary disk replicas.
      • Disk Encryption – If disk encryption is CMEK, configure the key for secondary disks.
      • Instance Encryption – If VM instances are encrypted using CMEK, configure the key to apply to recovered VMs.
    • Select VMs to include in the Recovery Group.
    • Click the CREATE button.

Figure 43: Name the Recovery Group and specify its details.

    • Once the Recovery Group has been created, the UI redirects to the Recovery Groups tab, where you can view its details and status. 
      • Clicking the Details link will expose status information about each of the VMs included in the Recovery Group.

Figure 44: View Recovery Group VM status details.