Before you start using Full Stack DR, learn about the prerequisites like preparing compute instances, block storage, applications, and more.

• Who can use Full Stack Disaster Recovery?
  Full Stack DR is available to all Oracle Cloud customers using Universal Credits and Pay As You Go.
• Preparing Log Location for Operation Logs
  Full Stack DR configurations use Object Storage to store Disaster Recovery (DR) operation logs.
• Preparing Compute Instances for Full Stack Disaster Recovery
  If the disaster recovery topology contains any compute instances, use the following steps to prepare each compute instance for Full Stack DR:
• Preparing Object Storage for Full Stack Disaster Recovery
  Use the steps in this topic to prepare the object storage buckets for Full Stack DR. Create a Replication Policy by performing the following steps:
• Preparing Block Storage for Full Stack Disaster Recovery
  If the disaster recovery topology contains any block storage volumes attached to compute instances, or any stand-alone block storage volumes, use the steps in this topic to prepare the block storage volumes for Full Stack DR.
• Preparing Oracle Databases for Full Stack Disaster Recovery
  If the disaster recovery topology contains any databases related to Oracle Base Database Service, Oracle Exadata Database Service on Dedicated Infrastructure, Oracle Exadata Database Service on Exascale Infrastructure, Oracle Exadata Database Service on Cloud@Customer, use the steps in this topic to prepare the databases for Disaster Recovery (DR).
• Preparing Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless for Full Stack Disaster Recovery
  If the disaster recovery topology contains any Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless, use the steps in this topic to prepare the databases for Full Stack DR.
• Preparing Oracle Autonomous Container Database for Full Stack Disaster Recovery
  If the disaster recovery topology contains any database related to Oracle Autonomous Container Database, use the steps in this topic to prepare the databases for Full Stack DR.
• Preparing Applications for Full Stack Disaster Recovery
  If the disaster recovery topology contains any Oracle applications or custom applications, use the steps in this topic to prepare the applications for Full Stack DR.
• Preparing Other Full Stack Disaster Recovery Workflow Customizations
  If your Disaster Recovery (DR) topology requires additional user-defined custom steps to be run as part of the DR workflow, then use the steps described in this topic to prepare such customizations.
• Creating Default NFS Client Export Option for File System
  You can add the IP addresses from the standby region and those are copied over during the switchover of the file system to the other region.
• Setting Up Policies for Full Stack Disaster Recovery and Other Services
  In addition to preparing various components for disaster recovery, you must set up IAM policies that allow Full Stack DR to manage these components during the disaster recovery process.
• Preparing File System Mount or Unmount on Windows Instance
  Perform the following prerequisites before configuring the DR Protection Group with Windows instance to mount or unmount the file system.