Global Bank Cuts Disaster RTO for Hybrid Infrastructure by 75%

Written by Dave Kellermanns | Sep 12, 2026, 4:22:52 AM

Organization Global Multinational Financial Institution

Challenge Slow manual DR runbooks threatening compliance & uptime

Solution Automated DR orchestration via Automic & VMware VCF

Key Results 75% MTTR cut; core banking failover under 80 mins

The Challenge: Disaster Recovery Bottlenecks

A global bank processing millions of daily transactions faced strict regulatory mandates to guarantee rapid recovery from disasters and cyber threats with zero data loss. Operating across a hybrid estate—comprising VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), Linux, Windows, and Solaris—executing failovers relied on manual runbooks. This pushed Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) from hours to days, risking severe financial penalties and reputational damage.

The Solution: End-to-End Control Plane

The bank implemented Automic Automation as an intelligent control plane alongside VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) to automate failovers across both modern private cloud and legacy systems:

Policy Workflows: Replaced static runbooks with automated task sequences.
Readiness Verification: Actively checks system thresholds before triggering dependent tasks.
Hybrid Integration: Seamlessly bridges VCF private cloud with heterogeneous bare-metal servers.

"Automating our disaster recovery from end-to-end transformed a complex site failover into a reliable 40 to 80-minute procedure."
— VP of Data Center & Infrastructure Operations

Quantifiable Business Impact

75% MTTR Cut: Slashed overall recovery times by a factor of four.
80-Min Switchover: Accelerated core banking failover to 80 minutes, with primary site return in 40 minutes.
90% Automation: Eliminated manual intervention across 9 out of 10 recovery tasks.
Audit Compliance: Automated execution logs provided immediate regulatory compliance.

"The ease of use and rapid creation of workflows enabled us to redeploy resources to strategic tasks while meeting every compliance objective."
— Senior VP of Enterprise Technology

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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Automic Automation shorten recovery time?

Automic replaced manual runbooks with policy-driven workflows orchestrating application shutdowns, routing, and system checks across VCF, Linux, Windows, and Solaris systems.

What were the specific failover times?

Core banking failover to a secondary site was reduced to 80 minutes, with failback to the primary data center accomplished in 40 minutes.

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