Recovery instance details view - AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
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Recovery instance details view

The recovery instance details view provides an in-depth overview of the recovery instance, including the instance's reversed direction launch process, post-launch action runs and data replication status while allowing you to control instance tags and the instance's failback settings.

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery instance information showing overview and reversed direction launch state.

You can access the recovery instance details view by choosing the instance ID of the recovery instance you wish to access under the Instance ID column.

Recovery instances table showing two instances with their statuses and replication details.

You can also access the recovery instance details view by selecting the checkbox to the left of the recovery instance and choosing the View instance details option under the Actions menu.

Actions menu dropdown with "View instance details" option highlighted in red.

The recovery instance information page shows the Instance ID at the top.

Recovery instance ID displayed at the top of the instance information page.

The Overview panel provides an overview of the failback process, including:

Overview panel showing EC2 instance details, replication status, and pending actions for a drill instance.

  • EC2 instance – the ID of the recovery instance in EC2. Choose the View in EC2 option to open the AWS EC2 Console.

  • Pending actions – information derived from the Pending actions column (for example, Launch for failback on {region}).

  • Replicating to source server – the source server to which the recovery instance is replicating. Choose the source server ID to open the Source server details view page for the specific source server.

  • Launched from source server – the source server source server from which the recovery instance was launched. Choose the source server ID to open the Source server details view page for the specific source server.

  • Post-launch actions status – shows the status of the last post-launch actions run on this instance.

The recovery instance details page is divided into the following sections:

Navigation tabs for instance details, including Launch dashboard and Instance information.

  • Launch dashboard - see the current status of failback or reversed direction replication and launch.

  • Instance information - view information about the underlying EC2 instance.

  • Tags - manage the tags of the recovery instance.

  • Failback replication settings - configure settings for failback to on-premises servers. Not relevant for in-AWS launches.

  • Post-launch actions status - the progress or result of the last post-launch actions run.

Launch dashboard

The Launch dashboard provides a detailed overview of the reversed direction launch process.

Reversed direction launch state

The Reversed direction launch state panel provides an overview of the reversed direction launch process, including:

Recovery instance overview showing EC2 details, pending actions, and replication status.

  • The current state of the failback.

  • Launch target – the server onto which the recovery instance is launching into. This will indicate whether the recovery instance is launching into the original server or to a new server. Note that for in-AWS flows, this value is always a new server.

  • Last job ID – the date and time of the last failback Job was started for the recovery instance.

  • Last job started – the date and time the last failback job was started for the recovery instance.

  • Last job finished – the date and time the last failback job was finished for the recovery instance.

  • Last launch results – the results of the most recent launch.

Data replication status

The Data replication status panel shows the current data replication status state for the recovery instance, including:

Data replication status panel showing healthy status with 100% progress and 16 GiB replicated.

  • Replication progress – the progress of the replication of the recovery instance in percent completed.

  • Total replicated storage – the total amount of storage replicated in GiB.

  • Lag – the total Lag time, if any.

  • Backlog – the total backlog amount and time to clear, if any.

  • Elapsed replication time – time elapsed since replication began.

  • AWS replication agent last seen – the date and time connectivity was last established between the recovery instance and the AWS Replication Agent.

  • Failback client last seen – the date and time connectivity was last established between the recovery instance and the Failback client.

  • Replication start time – and date and time replication was started for the recovery instance.

Events and metrics

The Events and metrics section contains external links to monitor your recovery instance in AWS CloudTrail. Learn more about monitoring DRS with CloudTrail.

Events and metrics section with link to view CloudTrail event history.

Instance information

The Instance information tab shows a variety of general server information, hardware, and network information.

Recovery instance details showing general information, hardware specs, and OS details.

Information shown includes:

  • Last updated

  • AWS recovery instance ID

  • Created in recovery job

  • Hostname

  • Fully qualified domain name

  • CPUs

  • Disks

  • Primary network interface

  • Operating system information

Tags

The Tags section shows any tags that have been assigned to the server. A tag is a label that you assign to an AWS resource. Each tag consists of a key and an optional value. You can use tags to search and filter your resources or track your AWS costs. Learn more about AWS tags in this Amazon EC2 article.

Table displaying four key-value pairs of tags assigned to an AWS resource.

Choose Manage tags to add or remove tags.

Table displaying tags with keys and values, and a "Manage tags" button in the top right corner.

The Manage tags page will open. Choose Add new tag to add a new tag.

Manage tags interface with key-value pairs and an "Add new tag" button highlighted in red.

Add a tag Key and an optional tag Value. Choose Save to save your added tags.

Manage tags interface with Key and Value fields, Add new tag button, and Save option.

To remove a tag, choose Remove to the right of the tag you want to remove, and then choose Save.

Manage tags interface showing a key-value pair and Remove button for tag deletion.

Failback replication settings

The Failback replication settings tab allows you to edit various failback replication settings for the recovery instance prior to performing a failback.

Choose Edit to edit the settings.

Failback replication settings panel showing data routing and throttling options with an Edit button.

You can configure the failback replication settings for multiple recovery instances at once. The Selected recovery instances box shows for which recovery instances you are updating the settings.

Failback replication settings interface with network bandwidth throttling and private IP options.

Network bandwidth throttling

You can control the amount of network bandwidth used for data replication per server. By default, Elastic Disaster Recovery will use all available network bandwidth utilizing five concurrent connections.

Failback replication settings interface with network bandwidth throttling option set to "Do not throttle bandwidth".

Choose Throttle bandwidth if you want to control the transfer rate of data sent from your recovery instances to your source servers during failback over TCP Port 1500. Otherwise, choose Do not throttle bandwidth.

If you chose to throttle bandwidth, then the Throttle network bandwidth (per instance, in Mbps) box will appear. Enter your desired bandwidth in Mbps.

Network bandwidth throttling input field set to 10000 Mbps for failback replication.

Use private IP

By default, data is sent from the recovery instance to the source servers over the public internet, using the public IP that was automatically assigned to the Replication Servers. Transferred data is always encrypted in transit.

Failback replication settings interface with network bandwidth throttling and private IP options.

Choose the Use private IP option if you want to route the replicated data from your recovery instance to your source servers through a private network with a VPN, AWS Direct Connect, VPC peering, or another type of existing private connection. You should use this option if you want to:

  • Allocate a dedicated bandwidth for replication;

  • Use another level of encryption;

  • Add another layer of security by transferring the replicated data from one private IP address (source) to another private IP address (on AWS).

Important

Data replication will not work unless you have already set up the VPN, AWS Direct Connect, or VPC peering in the AWS Console.

Note

  • If you selected the default subnet, it is highly unlikely that the private IP is activated for that subnet. Ensure that Private IP (VPN, AWS Direct Connect, or VPC peering) is activated for your chosen subnet if you wish to use this option.

  • Choosing the Use Private IP option will not create a new private connection.

Saving failback replication settings

Once you have configured your failback replication settings, choose Save failback replication settings.

Failback replication settings interface with network bandwidth throttling and private IP options.

Post-launch actions status

The Post-launch actions view shows the current run status of post-launch actions.

Post-launch actions table showing four successful actions with their run times and results.

The status includes:

  • Order - the running order of the action.

  • Name - the name of the action is a link to the detailed run status in the AWS Systems Manager console.

  • Run result – provides the current action run status.

  • Start time – the time when the action script started to run. This column will be empty for actions that have not yet started running.

  • End time – the time when the action script run ended. This column will be empty for actions that have not yet completed running.

  • Details – error messages will be shown in this column.

  • Link – provides a link to resources created by this action if there are any, or to the action run logs in the AWS Systems Manager console.