Disaster Recovery Planning Session IA: Technology Coordinators
“How’s our backup?”
The offsite backup you wish you had
What you were worried happened since you last saw it
What it was really like
“How’s our backup?” “It’s fine.”
Breakout Worksheet 1-3 Is it really fine?
What should it be like? Are you getting all the right data? Are restores possible? Straightforward? Is your off-site strategy appropriate?
Backup Technologies Disk-to-tape versus disk-to-disk De-duplication Retention Encryption Bandwidth control/scheduling Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
Backup is not the issue The goal is recovery! (Backup plan is only step 1)
“How long would it take to recover?”
Breakout Worksheet 4-5
Who determines recovery timelines?
Before Disaster
Who determines recovery timelines? After Disaster
Who determines recovery timelines? During Disaster
What is Mission Critical?
Recovery Planning Terms RPO: Recovery Point Objective. How much data are you willing to lose? RTO: Recovery Time Objective. How long should it take to get it back? Don’t forget dependencies. Network and switching equipment, directory and domain controllers.
Breakout Worksheet Q6
Tiering Worksheet (Systems row only)
Q&A, Discussion