Disaster recovery is a test, not a document
A recovery plan becomes credible when dependencies, objectives and restoration procedures are exercised and evidenced.
A recovery plan becomes credible when dependencies, objectives and restoration procedures are exercised and evidenced.
Define service objectives
Recovery time and recovery point objectives should be attached to business services, not selected because a backup product offers a particular schedule.
Map dependencies
Applications depend on identity, DNS, networks, storage, secrets and external services. Restore sequencing matters, and a runbook should make those dependencies explicit.
Test realistic failure modes
Restore a file, a server and a service. Test access to protected copies. Confirm that credentials and network paths required for recovery are available during an outage.
Record evidence
Capture the result, timings, problems and corrective actions. A repeatable test history is more valuable than a recovery document that has never been exercised.
We can assess the current environment, identify the operational gap and implement the changes.
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