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Preparing for a Disaster Recovery
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Preparing for a Disaster Recovery
Carefully follow the instructions in this section to prepare for a disaster
recovery and to ensure fast and efficient restore. Preparation does not
depend on the disaster recovery method, however, it does include
developing a detailed disaster recovery plan, performing consistent and
relevant backups and updating the SRD file on Windows.
Planning
Developing a detailed disaster recovery plan has a major impact on the
success of a disaster recovery. To deploy disaster recovery in a large
environment with many different systems, proceed as follows:
1. Plan
Planning must be prepared by IT administration and should include
the following:
• Determine the systems that need to be recovered as well as the
time and level of recovery. Critical systems are all systems
required for network to function properly (DNS servers, domain
controllers, gateways, etc.), Cell Managers and Media Agent
clients.
• Determine a recovery method to be used (impacts the required
preparations).
• Determine a method to obtain the required information at
recovery time, such as the media that holds the IDB, location of
updated SRD file and location and labels of Cell Manager backup
media.
• Create a step-by-step detailed checklist to guide you through the
process.
• Create and execute a test plan to confirm that the recovery will
actually work.
2. Prepare for recovery
Depending on the recovery method to be used, the preparation should
include: