Test backups and prepare a verified recovery
Inventory, protected copies, isolated testing and journey checks: prepare verifiable recovery before an incident.
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Prevention guidance for organising copies, protecting storage and verifying data recovery.
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Prepare a checklist for a restoration exercise.
How to start
Turn recommendations into an inventory: data, required software, protected copy and recovery owner. Then prepare an isolated restoration exercise with written success criteria.
Limits to keep in mind
A successful copy does not prove usable recovery; avoid overwriting production during the exercise.
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Three points to record with the decision.
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Data and software needed for recovery.
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Copy protection and location.
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Observed result of a test restoration.
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Source and verification
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