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Disaster recovery planning

Design and test comprehensive disaster recovery procedures

Develop a robust disaster recovery plan that ensures business continuity, minimizes data loss, and enables rapid recovery from various failure scenarios.

95 minutes
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Overview

Develop a robust disaster recovery plan that ensures business continuity, minimizes data loss, and enables rapid recovery from various failure scenarios.

Learning objectives

  • Identify critical systems
  • Define recovery objectives
  • Design recovery procedures
  • Test and validate plans

Instructions

Create disaster recovery plan:

1. Map critical systems and data 2. Define RTO and RPO targets 3. Design recovery strategies 4. Document procedures 5. Conduct recovery drills

Steps

1

System mapping

20 minutes

Identify critical components

2

Objective setting

20 minutes

Define RTO/RPO requirements

3

Strategy design

30 minutes

Create recovery approaches

4

Documentation

20 minutes

Write detailed procedures

5

Testing plan

5 minutes

Design validation exercises

Pro tips

  • Test recovery procedures regularly
  • Automate recovery where possible
  • Include communication plans
  • Document lessons learned

Example outcome

Disaster recovery plan with <4 hour RTO, <1 hour RPO, automated failover, and quarterly drill validation achieving 100% success rate.

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