Patent ID: 8495019

Claim:
A system to provide assured recovery and replication, the system comprising: a replication server in communication with a master data source configured to store application data and a replica data source configured to replicate the application data stored in the master data source, wherein the replication server comprises a processor comprising hardware, the processor configured to: confirm that the master data source can be recovered from the replica data source in response to validating that the application data copied in a master snapshot associated with the master data source and the application data replicated in the replica data source have a consistent state, wherein the master snapshot copies the application data stored in the master data source; create a replica snapshot associated with the replica data source in response to a request to recover the master data source from the replica data source, wherein the replica snapshot copies the application data replicated in the replica data source; assign an identity associated with the master data source to the replica data source to transfer control over storing the application data from the master data source to the replica data source; and replicate the application data on a virtual machine disk file associated with the replica snapshot.