What's new in IBM® VM Recovery Manager DR for Power Systems 1.10

Read about new or significantly changed information in VM Recovery Manager DR 1.10.

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July 2026

Policy-based high availability policy-based replication(PBHA-PBR)

VM Recovery Manager DR now supports Policy-Based High Availability Policy-Based Replication (PBHA-PBR), which extends policy-based replication by integrating high availability with storage partition-based replication policies on supported IBM FlashSystem storage systems. You can configure PBHA-PBR by using storage-defined replication policies, volume groups, and storage partitions to support disaster recovery and high-availability workflows. For more information, see Policy-based high availability policy-based replication concept.

Workgroup priority

You can now assign priorities to Workgroups to control the order in which VM Recovery Manager HA/DR processes Workgroups during verify and move operations. Configure or modify Workgroup priorities by using the command-line interface . For more information, see Workgroup configuration example.

New Functions for the GUI

VM Recovery Manager DR GUI has the following enhancements:
Policy-based high availability policy-based replication(PBHA-PBR)

You can now configure Policy-Based High Availability Policy-Based Replication (PBHA-PBR) by using the VM Recovery Manager DR GUI. For more information, see Working in the GUI.

Workgroup priority
You can now configure and modify WorkGroup priorities directly from the WorkGroup dashboard. Assign High, Medium, or Low priority to a WorkGroup by using the Policies tab in the Edit WorkGroup page. For more information, see Workgroup dashboard.