# Policies

To schedule a VM to restore using a recovery plan (or execute a recovery plan manually), you must first create a policy.

Go to the Recovery Plans from the left menu under the Virtual Environments section.

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After clicking on ![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/0FWMFN0y1yUTAd3cSRaK/blobs/oiuwh0eB00QDYFsm52WO/administration-ve-snapshot_slas-policies_3.png) provide the name of the policy and set priority. After saving you will be able to add rules using the new button on the right.

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Click on it and customize restore settings.

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Each rule requires a **name** for easier identification later

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In the **Virtual Environments** tab, you need to select **Hypervisor type** for this rule and corresponding **virtual environments** of this type

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If you previously defined any schedules for recovery plans you can select them in the **Schedules** tab

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In the **Restore Parameters** tab, you specify where VMs are going to be restored - compared to regular restore parameters provided in the manual restore window, notice that:

* you need to choose **\*\*which backup to restore -** last (regardless of status) **or** last successful
* you may want to use **Delete if Virtual Environment already exists** - which allows Storware Backup & Recovery to remove VM with the same name as the one being restored

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