The Disaster Recovery (DR) Policy provides a structured approach to maintain business continuity during unexpected outages, disasters, or critical failures. DR Policy is simple configuration where it tells frequent sync.
The purpose of a DR policy is to define when and how your application data should be backed up (Stage 1) and/or restored to the target cluster (Stage 2) for disaster recovery
1. To create a DR policy, you need to log in to the SWIFT dashboard and navigate to the ‘DR Policy’ under the Business Continuity & DR menu and click on ‘New’ button. You can see below screenshot.
2. After clicking ‘New’, a prompt will appear to create a DR policy by selecting the Sync Type. Based on your requirement, choose the appropriate sync type and set the desired frequency. Please refer to the screenshot below for more details.
| Field Name | Field Description |
| Policy Name | The name of the sync policy you create . |
| Sync type | The kind of sync you want to perform: Passthrough: It just migration Stage1: Data will be moved from source to SWIFT Stage2: Data will be moved from SWIFT to target |
| Periodicity | How often the sync should run. 1. By schedule: Run daily or weekly at a set time. 2. By Frequency: Run every few minutes (e.g., 5 min, 10 min). 3. Once – Run at a specific time, triggers DRP once. 4. Continuous – Runs continuously, triggering DRP one after another. 5. Exclude on: You will get an option when you want to exclude. e.g. Sunday, Monday, etc. |
| Email Alert | Email Alert – If you provide an email address, you will receive notifications for every successful and failed DRP event. If you select 'Sync Failure Only,' you will receive notifications only when a sync fails. |
3. Once you click the ‘Create’ button, the policy will be created in an IDLE state. You can view it as shown below. Please refer to the screenshot for details.
4. Now you can apply the DR policy. For detailed instructions, refer to the KB link below to learn how to apply the DR policy.
5. For detailed steps on creating a DR policy for Stage-1 and Stage-2 synchronization, refer to the KB article linked below.
DR Policy apply for stage1and stage2 sync