# Setting distributed recovery
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To set distributed recovery, use the Amazon RDS procedures `rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.enable_distr_recovery` and `disable_distr_recovery`. The procedures have no parameters. 

The following example enables distributed recovery.

```
EXEC rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.enable_distr_recovery;
```

The following example disables distributed recovery.

```
EXEC rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.disable_distr_recovery;
```