System and method for providing assured recovery and replication

A method for providing assured recovery and replication, comprising:

• replicating application data stored in a master data source on a replica data source;
• invoking a volume snapshot service to create a master snapshot associated with the master data source, wherein the master snapshot copies the application data stored in the master data source;
• confirming that the master data source can be recovered from the replica data source in response to a replication server validating that the application data copied in the master snapshot and the application data replicated in the replica data source have a consistent state;
• creating a replica snapshot associated with the replica data source in response to a request to recover the master data source from the replica data source, wherein the replica snapshot copies the application data replicated in the replica data source;
• assigning an identity associated with the master data source to the replica data source, wherein the replication server assigns the identity associated with the master data source to the replica data source to cause the replica data source to assume control over storing the application data from the master data source;
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• replicating the application data on a virtual machine disk file associated with the replica snapshot in response to the replica data source assuming control over storing the application data from the master data source.