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name: vmwaresolutions-cr_planning
title: Planning for Cyber Recovery
description: As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
last-updated: 2025-10-30
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> ## Documentation Index
> The table of contents for this documentation set is at https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?format=markdown
> The index for all IBM Cloud docs is at: https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Planning for Cyber Recovery
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As of 17 July 2025, new automated installations of Red Hat® OpenShift® for VMware® are no longer available for new or existing deployments of VMware Cloud Foundation for Classic - Automated instances. You can still use or delete your existing Red Hat OpenShift for VMware automated installations until 16 July 2026. The service will no longer be available from 17 July 2026.
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Review the following requirements before you order your Cyber Recovery instance. Plan your instance based on the IBM Cloud® data center location, your capacity requirements, and your service requirements.

## Account requirements
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The account that you are using must meet certain requirements. For more information, see [Signing up for required accounts](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-signing_required_accounts&format=markdown).

## Licensing considerations
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Bring Your Own License (BYOL) is no longer supported except for migrations or upgrades of existing BYOL clusters. Use this feature only if you are upgrading or migrating an existing BYOL cluster.
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## IBM Cloud data center availability
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The Cyber Recovery deployment has strict requirements for the physical infrastructure. Therefore, you can deploy instances only in IBM Cloud data centers that meet the requirements.

### Data centers available
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The following IBM Cloud data centers are available for Cyber Recovery.

| Data center | Pod |
|:----------- |:--- |
| CHE01 | 01 |
| OSA21 | 01 |
| OSA22 | 01 |
| OSA23 | 01 |
| SNG01 | 02 |
| SYD01 | 01-02 |
| SYD04 | 01 |
| SYD05 | 01 |
| TOK02 | 01-02 |
| TOK04 | 01 |
| TOK05 | 01 |
{: caption="Available IBM Cloud data centers for Cyber Recovery - Asia Pacific" caption-side="bottom"}
{: tab-title="Asia Pacific"}
{: tab-group="Data centers for Cyber Recovery"}
{: class="simple-tab-table"}
{: #simpletabtable-cr-ap}

| Data center | Pod |
|:----------- |:--- |
| AMS03 | 01-02 |
| FRA02 | 01-03 |
| FRA04 | 01 |
| FRA05 | 01 |
| LON02 | 01-02 |
| LON04 | 01 |
| LON05 | 01 |
| LON06 | 01 |
| MAD02 | 01 |
| MAD04 | 01 |
| MAD05 | 01 |
| PAR01 | 01 |
{: caption="Available IBM Cloud data centers for Cyber Recovery - Europe" caption-side="bottom"}
{: tab-title="Europe"}
{: tab-group="Data centers for Cyber Recovery"}
{: class="simple-tab-table"}
{: #simpletabtable-cr-eur}

| Data center | Pod |
|:----------- |:--- |
| MON01 | 01-02 |
| TOR01 | 01-02 |
| TOR04 | 01 |
| TOR05 | 01 |
| WDC04 | 01-05 |
| WDC06 | 01 |
| WDC07 | 01 |
{: caption="Available IBM Cloud data centers for Cyber Recovery - NA East" caption-side="bottom"}
{: tab-title="NA East"}
{: tab-group="Data centers for Cyber Recovery"}
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{: #simpletabtable-cr-naeast}

| Data center | Pod |
|:----------- |:--- |
| DAL09 | 01-02, 05-06 |
| DAL10 | 01-04 |
| DAL12 | 01-02 |
| DAL13 | 01-03 |
| DAL14 | 01 |
{: caption="Available IBM Cloud data centers for Cyber Recovery - NA South" caption-side="bottom"}
{: tab-title="NA South"}
{: tab-group="Data centers for Cyber Recovery"}
{: class="simple-tab-table"}
{: #simpletabtable-cr-nasouth}

| Data center | Pod |
|:----------- |:--- |
| SJC03 | 01-02 |
| SJC04 | 01 |
{: caption="Available IBM Cloud data centers for Cyber Recovery - NA West" caption-side="bottom"}
{: tab-title="NA West"}
{: tab-group="Data centers for Cyber Recovery"}
{: class="simple-tab-table"}
{: #simpletabtable-cr-nawest}

| Data center | Pod |
|:----------- |:--- |
| SAO01 | 01 |
| SAO04 | 01 |
| SAO05 | 01 |
{: caption="Available IBM Cloud data centers for Cyber Recovery - South America" caption-side="bottom"}
{: tab-title="South America"}
{: tab-group="Data centers for Cyber Recovery"}
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{: #simpletabtable-cr-sa}

## Services for Cyber Recovery
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The following services and components are available for Cyber Recovery instances.

* [Veeam Backup and Replication](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-veeamvm_overview&format=markdown) (required) is included and a Linux hardened repository is selected for you.
* An edge gateway (required) provides the virtual air-gap and manages access to the isolated recovery environment. You can bring your own gateway appliance or choose from the following options:
   * Gateway cluster with Juniper® vSRX
   * Gateway cluster with FortiGate® Virtual Appliance

The [Caveonix RiskForesight](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-caveonix_considerations&format=markdown) service (optional) provides security and risk compliance.

## Related links
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* [Cyber Recovery overview](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-cr_overview&format=markdown)
* [Requirements for Cyber Recovery](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/vmwaresolutions?topic=vmwaresolutions-cr_orderinginstance_reqs&format=markdown)