Disaster Recovery As A Service Using Virtualization Technique

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processing unit to:

• receive a replication of an information technology environment;
• generate a recovery plan for the environment, the recovery plan comprising a first process and a second process;
• and
• in response to receiving a disaster recovery request associated with the environment, execute a disaster recovery protocol, including program code to:
• simultaneously execute the first process and the second process, wherein the first process is configured to operate a workload, and wherein the second process is a background process configured to create a replica of the environment;
• and
• after completion of the replica, migrate the workload from the recovery process to the completed replica.

A system comprising:

• a processing unit operatively coupled to memory;
• and
• one or more tools in communication with the processing unit, the tools to:
• receive and store a replication of an information technology environment;
• generate a recovery plan for the received and stored environment, the recovery plan comprising a first process and a second process;
• and
• execute a disaster recovery protocol in response to receipt of a disaster recovery request associated with the stored environment, including the tools to:
• simultaneously execute the first process and the second process, wherein the first process is configured to operate a workload as a foreground process, and the second process is a background process configured to create a replica of the environment;
• and
• after completion of the replica, migrate the workload to the completed replica.