Automatic configuration of a recovery service

A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for establishing and maintaining a recovery network for a service, comprising:

• deploying a secondary location of a service in response to a deployment of a primary location that acts as a recovery network for the primary location of the service that substantially mirrors the primary location;
• automatically applying content changes and system changes made to the primary location of the service to the secondary location of the service while the primary location of the service is actively receiving requests from users to maintain the substantial mirroring;
• wherein automatically applying content changes and system changes comprises automatically replicating full backups, incremental backups and transaction logs made at the primary location to the secondary location;
• detecting a failure of the primary location of the service;
• and
• setting the secondary location of the service as the primary location in response to the failure.

A system for establishing and maintaining a recovery network for a service, comprising:

• a processor and a computer-readable medium;
• an operating environment stored on the computer-readable medium and executing on the processor;
• and
• a cloud manager operative to perform actions, comprising:
• automatically deploying a secondary location of a service in response to a deployment of a primary location that acts as a recovery network for the primary location of the service that substantially mirrors the primary location;
• automatically applying content changes and system changes made to the primary location of the service to the secondary location of the service while the primary location of the service is actively receiving requests from users to maintain the substantial mirroring;
• wherein automatically applying content changes and system changes comprises automatically replicating backups and transaction logs made at the primary location to the secondary location;
• detecting a failure of the primary location of the service;
• and
• setting the secondary location of the service as the primary location in response to the failure.