The enterprise has a DR Plan, but has invested nothing in ensuring that it is actionable.
Without trained resources, and the validation that only testing provides, the plan is destined for failure.
This solution set will help clients ensure that, when required, the enterprise can put its DR Plan into action.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- DR operations not just an IT responsibility; DR teams must be staffed from across the enterprise and role redundancy is essential. 40% of enterprises with DR plans never test them; without testing staff is never trained and problems are not discovered.
- Impact and Result
Upon completion of the work outlined in this Solution Set, you will have ensured that the enterprise is fully prepared to respond to a disaster.
Get to Action
1. Get a Crash Course on Staffing and Executing DR Plans
Be able to educate the rest of IT and the business on what's involved in operating the DR capabilities.
- Storyboard: Enabling Enterprise Disaster Recovery - Bring the DRP to Life: Make the Plan Actionable
2. Build a DR Team
Identify the skills, roles and responsibilities required to operate the enterprise DR capability.
- Building a DRP Team: The Main Event - DRP Team Build Sheet
3. Test DR Capabilities
Make sure that the organization understands the plan and can put it into action should a disaster occur.
- How to Test Your DRP - DRP Test Worksheet - Scenario Testing Your DRP
4. Respond to a Disaster
Execute the DRP in the face of real-life disasters.
- Disaster Recovery Primary Site Restoration: Home Sweet Home - Data Center Evacuation Guidelines - Disaster Recovery Plan Execution: This is Not a Test! - Disaster Drill: How to Evacuate the Data Center
