There are two big considerations you need to tackle – one is dealing with the human and operational factors. The other is the nuances of the technology setup. Step-by-step guide to setup Server dependencies and setting recovery priority Planning for connectivity issues Testing and matching performance on the DR environment Completing the project and the move to Business as Usual operations

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HOW TO SET UP
DISASTER
RECOVERY

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INTRODUCTIONANDAGENDA
HOWTOSETUPDISASTERRECOVERY
Duration: 30mins
(including Q&A)
Type questions on the
right hand side – all
questions will be
answered
Slides will be made
available and sent to you
following the session

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• The three stages of Disaster Recovery
• Setting up
• Business as usual
• Invocation
• The operational setup
• Aims & objectives
• Workshop/Kick-off
• The technical setup
• Software installation
• Bandwidth
• Testing & Exercising (Performance & UAT)
AGENDA

4. OPERATIONAL
SETUP
OPERATIONALSETUP

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THEIDEALSETUP
Policy
• ManagementBusiness ContinuityStatement
• Identify scope of urgent business functions
Select teams and
determine responsibility
• Beliefs, attitude,behaviours
Determine impact on
the business
• Business Impact Analysis (BIA)– people, premises, resources, suppliers
• Required to support urgent business functions in scope
Risk/threat identification • Risk registerand matrix
Identify urgent functions
IT & other services
• Service catalogues
• Technology& service dependencymapping
Implement mitigation
strategies
• Put the capability in place
Agree activation plans • Writing the runbooks & communication plans
Exercise & Test • Agree test scenarios, documentation andKPIs
Ongoing changes
and maintenance
• Plan exercises,maintain and keepBC & IT DR plans up to date
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Planning
Enacting
Testing &
Maintaining
HOWTOSETUPDISASTERRECOVERY

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AIMS &OBJECTIVES
OPERATIONALSETUP
Reduce downtime Close a redundant
data centre
Reduce cost Improve overall
capability (through
outsourcing)

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DISCOVERYWORKSHOP

8. TECHNICAL
SETUP
TECHNICALSETUP

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SOFTWAREINSTALLATION

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SOFTWAREINSTALLATION- CONSIDERATIONS
• Clustered databases
• Telephones
• USB Pass-through
• Licensing
• Appliances

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BANDWIDTH
TECHNICALSETUP

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• Pass/fail recovery testing
• Resource matching and auto-tuning
TESTING&EXCERCISING–PERFORMANCEASSURANCE

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TESTING&EXCERCISING–USERACCEPTANCETESTING
Can I access my
application?
Does the app perform
normally?
Could I find the app
without assistance?

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TECHNICALSETUP
MAKING CHANGESDURING THESETUP

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BUSINESSASUSUAL
TECHNICALSETUP
Writing the runbooksMaking updates and
change control
Alerting and reporting

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RESOURCES
Databarracks’ business continuitytools
https://tools.databarracks.com/
The BusinessContinuity Podcast
http://www.thebcpcast.com/

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QUESTIONS?