This document discusses data backup, recovery, and disaster planning. It defines backup as creating duplicate copies of important data and explains different backup types (full, incremental, differential). Backup media include tapes, disks, and optical storage. Creating a backup schedule, testing restores, and storing backups securely and offsite are recommended. Disaster recovery involves restoring systems after damage and includes strategies like automated recovery, backing up open files, and maintaining hot, warm or cold backup sites.
2. Objectives
Explain what backup is.
Explain data backup and recovery plan.
Explain the types of backup.
Explain the types of backup media.
Explain the need for data backup security.
Explain what disaster recovery is.
Explain the disaster recovery strategies.
3. What is Backup?
Backup – is a duplicate copy of key
information such physical (paper) and
computer records.
A good set of back procedures is
necessary to ensure that data is protected.
4. What is Backup?
Data that should be backed up regularly
includes, but is not limited to
email correspondence, audit files, user
information, utilities and applications,
operating systems, financial data and
databases, as well as customer lists.
5. Data Backup and Recovery Plan
The following are some factors that you might
consider in creating a backup and recovery
plan.
Schedule of Backup
Backing up data should be done at a convenient
time.
Location of Backup Storage
It is highly recommended that another set of data
backup is stored remotely in case of a natural
disaster as fire, leak, etc.
6. Data Backup and Recovery Plan
(cont’d)
Data Backup Contents
This will help you to decide it the data needs
to be backed up, how it should be backed up
and when it should be backed up.
Frequency of Backups
The rate at which the data changes effects
the frequency the data should be backed up.
7. Data Backup and Recovery Plan
(cont’d)
Time of data restoration
The planning of backup depends a lot on the
time it takes to recover a system
Type of information contained in the
system
It is important to know what information the
data contains so that you can identify it as
critical, confidential and etc.
8. Data Backup and Recovery Plan
(cont’d)
Backup media
Backup tapes are cheap, compact and can
store large amounts of data.
9. Types of Backup
There are different combinations of
backups available:
Full (Normal)
Back up all data from the hard disk or a directory
or folder of the hard drive.
Copy
All the selected files and folders are backed up
and archive attribute is not changed to allow other
types of backup to be performed on the same
data.
10. Types of Backup (cont’d)
Incremental
only files that have changed or been created
since the last back up, whether the backup
itself is an incremental or full backup.
Differential
files that have changed or been created since
the last full backup.
Daily
files that have changed since the last daily
backup
11. Types of Backup Media
Tape Drives
Tape drivers can range in capacity from a few
megabytes to hundreds of gigabytes.
12. Types of Backup Media (cont’d)
Disk Drives
Disk drives offers high speed but expensive
backup media.
13. Types of Backup Media (cont’d)
Removable Disks
Removable drives are fast, easy to install and
portable.
14. Types of Backup Media (cont’d)
Digital Audio Tape
DAT drives have a larger capacity as
compared to standard tape drive.
15. Types of Backup Media (cont’d)
Optical Jukeboxes
Optical jukebox offer excellent amounts of
secure storage space ranging from 5 to 20
terabytes.
16. Types of Backup Media (cont’d)
Autoloader tape systems
Autoloader tape systems use a magazine of
tapes to create extended backup volumes.
It is recommended for businesses that needs
very high capacity.
17. Factors in Choosing Backup Media
Factors to consider in selecting an
appropriate backup solution:
Speed
It refers to how fast data can be backed up and
recovered.
Reliability
It refers to the reliability of the backup service and
media.
18. Factors in Choosing Backup Media
Capacity
It refers to the amount of data to backup given the
time and resource constraints.
Extensibility
It refers to the ability of the backup solution to
address the current needs of the organization
Cost
It refers to the cost of the backup solution and it
should conform to the budget availability.
19. Backup Tips
Provide a point person to perform rollback in
the case of an emergency.
Keep a record of the contents of the backup
media and date of backup.
Always verify backup.
Create a restore point.
20. Backup Tips
Encrypt and provide high permission on the
backup file.
Create a detailed guideline on backup
recovery.
21. Data Backup Security
There is a need to take steps to secure the
backups if the information is confidential and
critical such as personal or proprietary
information.
22. Data Backup Security
Implement restrict access on the backup file
and to backup storage location.
Store backups at an offsite facility.
23. What is Disaster Recovery?
Disaster Recovery is the restoration of
system operations after a disaster has
occurred which causes damage or
physical loss.
Three types of sites
Hot Site
It has the systems, communications and data on
stand by thus allowing to get back online and
resume operations within a few hours of failure.
24. What is Disaster Recovery?
Warm Site
Has systems and communications on stand by
but requires data to be restored first before
operation can be resumed.
Cold Site
Simply a physical location that has all the
resources necessary to support the system
25. Disaster Recovery Strategies
Plan a backup schedule
A backup plan should be based on the
requirements for restoring data.
26. Disaster Recovery Strategies
Plan to backup open files
Open files are files that are normally skipped
during the backup process.
27. Disaster Recovery Strategies
Plan restore with automated System
Recovery (ASR)
ASR is a new tool to automatically restore the
system after a system failure.
29. Disaster Recovery Strategies (cont’d)
Test restores
Verifying the backup by testing restore is one
of the most overloaded aspect of disaster
recovery planning.
Backup should be tested to validate the
backup and prepare for recovery.
By testing restore, restore procedures can be
modified and documented conclusively.
30. Disaster Recovery Strategies (cont’d)
Some of the common problems encountered
during restoration are the following:
Incompatibility in hardware
Missing hardware driver
Corrupted backup media.
31. Summary
Explain what backup is.
Explain data backup and recovery plan.
Explain the types of backup.
Explain the types of backup media.
Explain the need for data backup security.
Explain what disaster recovery is.
Explain the disaster recovery strategies.