---
name: framework-financial-services-vpc-architecture-bcdr
title: Business continuity and disaster recovery for VPC reference architecture
description: As described in Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) overview, BCDR is important for all cloud-based applications. In this article, you will learn about specifics of BCDR in the reference architecture.
last-updated: 2025-02-25
---

> ## Documentation Index
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> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Business continuity and disaster recovery for VPC reference architecture
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As described in [Business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/framework-financial-services?topic=framework-financial-services-shared-bcdr&format=markdown), BCDR is important for all cloud-based applications. In this article, you will learn about specifics of BCDR in the reference architecture.

## Workloads in VPC reference architecture
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### Workloads on virtual server instances
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If you are running virtual server instances, then you can consider [Snapshots for VPC](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-snapshots-vpc-about&format=markdown). Snapshots for VPC is a regional offering that lets you create a point-in-time copy of your block storage boot or data volumes. The initial snapshot you take is a full backup of the volume. Subsequent snapshots of the same volume are incremental; only the changes since the last snapshot are captured. You can select a snapshot during instance provisioning, and restore a new, fully-provisioned boot volume to start the instance. You can also create and attach a data volume from a snapshot within a running virtual server instance.

For more information, see [General procedure for creating and using snapshots](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vpc?topic=vpc-snapshots-vpc-planning&interface=ui&format=markdown).

### Workloads on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
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If you are running Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud, then you can consider [Portworx](https://portworx.com/products/portworx-enterprise//){: external}. Portworx is a highly available software-defined storage solution that you can use to manage local persistent storage for your containerized databases and other stateful apps, or to share data between pods across multiple zones.

See [Storing data on software-defined storage (SDS) with Portworx](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/openshift?topic=openshift-portworx&format=markdown) for more information.

## Backup and disaster recovery for IBM Cloud services
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In addition to backing up your workloads and having the capability to restore service in the face of a disaster, your BCDR strategy needs to consider all of the IBM Cloud services in your deployment. See [Backup and disaster recovery for IBM Cloud services](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/framework-financial-services?topic=framework-financial-services-shared-bcdr&format=markdown#ibm-cloud-services).

## Related controls in IBM Cloud Framework for Financial Services
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See [related controls for backup and recovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/framework-financial-services?topic=framework-financial-services-shared-bcdr&format=markdown#related-controls).

## Next steps
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- [High availability overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/framework-financial-services?topic=framework-financial-services-shared-high-availability&format=markdown)