Outcomes
- 80% reduction in failback time and operational effort.
- Single-click failover and failback enabled through end-to-end orchestration.
- Automated post-recovery workflows brought applications online seamlessly.
- Predictable, low-error DR processes with minimal manual intervention.
Client Bio
A leading life insurance provider serving millions of customers nationwide operates in a highly regulated industry, running mission-critical applications on VMware-based infrastructure at its production and recovery sites, demanding continuous uptime and audit-ready recoveries.
Situation
The organization's legacy disaster recovery process depended heavily on manual steps during both failover and failback. Each DR exercise involved multiple teams, manual configuration, and long turnaround times. As a result, compliance-driven DR drills were inconsistent, and operational confidence remained low.
Impact
Without automation, failbacks often extended beyond acceptable SLAs, creating compliance and operational risk. These inefficiencies consumed time and resources while leaving room for manual errors that threatened recovery predictability and business continuity.
Solution
Datamotive deployed its Easy Hybrid DR platform to automate DR orchestration within the insurer's VMware environment. Using incremental failback, the platform transferred only changed data, reducing replication time and bandwidth usage. Built-in orchestration automated post-recovery tasks such as network reconfiguration and application startup, achieving 80% faster failback and predictable, repeatable recovery performance.