The document summarizes recovery in multi-database systems. It discusses the architecture of a multi-database system which includes a global transaction manager and interface servers that connect to local database systems. It also describes the two-phase commit protocol used for recovery. This protocol involves a voting phase where databases prepare to commit and a commit phase where the transaction is either committed at all databases or rolled back at all databases to maintain consistency. The two-phase commit ensures that transactions either fully commit or fully rollback across all databases in a recovery-friendly manner.