Managing Disaster Recovery operations using the DR Operator

The Disaster Recovery (DR) Operator is a Kubernetes-native disaster recovery orchestrator that automates and simplifies disaster recovery operations between primary and secondary storage systems. It manages replication workflows such as split, failover, failback, and resynchronization for TrueCopy and Universal Replicator pairs, ensuring minimal downtime and consistent data protection across sites.

This chapter provides an overview of the DR Operator, including steps to install the operator, create a DR policy, and perform replication operations to effectively manage disaster recovery workflows in your environment.

You can deploy the DR Operator on both primary and secondary clusters.

The DR Operator:

• Eliminates the need for manual, per-PVC operations.
• Enables scalable disaster recovery across large Kubernetes environments.
• Supports user-defined policies at the application level.
• Performs application-aware disaster recovery based on the defined policies.