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AWS drs: Note arm64 failback limitations within AWS only

Service: drs · 2026-09-27 · Documentation low

File: drs/latest/userguide/failback-performing-main.md

Summary

Adds a note that arm64 source servers support failback within AWS only and that the Failback Client supports x86_64 servers only.

Security assessment

Documents failback scope/limitations for arm64; purely functional guidance with no security content.

Evidence

+`arm64` source servers support failback within AWS, including reversed replication to the original Amazon EC2 instance. The Failback Client supports `x86_64` servers only. Elastic Disaster Recovery does not support failback of an `arm64` server to an on-premises environment or another cloud.

Diff

diff --git a/drs/latest/userguide/failback-performing-main.md b/drs/latest/userguide/failback-performing-main.md
index ed5457b61..d36f1eb67 100644
--- a//drs/latest/userguide/failback-performing-main.md
+++ b//drs/latest/userguide/failback-performing-main.md
@@ -12,0 +13,4 @@ Failback is only supported to AWS and non-AWS environments that can boot up from
+###### Note
+
+`arm64` source servers support failback within AWS, including reversed replication to the original Amazon EC2 instance. The Failback Client supports `x86_64` servers only. Elastic Disaster Recovery does not support failback of an `arm64` server to an on-premises environment or another cloud.
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