DR Drill Project Plan Template
Need to Prepare BCP -DR Drill Project Plan for Planned /Unplanned Failover /Failback which is more focused on Application wise DR configured with Application reconfiguration, DB Replication and VM based replication
Please share some better template can be used which includes date/time was plan for specific application where we need to consider network failover along with backup confirmation.
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Drills (exercises): Walkthroughs of the plan; the main focus is to train staff and improve employee response (think fire drills).
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Thanks, @Madunix , actually we have been asked to minimize RPO and RTO for some in-place DR solutions which have yet not tested to date. not sure if it will be a test or drill to analyze the gaps
Irrespective of the business's size and nature, all organizations need to have thoroughly tested and validated Business Continuity arrangements. Once the organization's products and services for the BCP scope are identified, a high-level BIA is conducted to identify prioritized products and services. At this stage, you can determine your MTPD (Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption), RTO (Recovery Time Objective), and RPO (Recovery Point Objective). The next step is to determine all its dependencies and again do a BIA on each. At this stage, only a Risk Assessment is conducted, and strategies and plans are developed to bring up the processes and activities fast enough to meet the RTO expectations.
During the development of the BCP, the BIA (Business Impact Analysis) and Risk Analysis must be developed. The BIA determines the critical processes, the technological infrastructure that supports it, the RPO, the RTO, and the other variables that all of you mentioned, etc. This determines the recovery strategy, replication to an Alternate Site, or Backup Copies. At any given time, the Continuity Committee verifies that the DRP is effective and efficient and that the RPO and RTO comply with recovery tests for planned disasters.
Generally, achieving zero/near zero is possible but costly. Still, synchronous replication is the best option for high transactional, mission-critical applications because it does not require data movement or waiting. It's a highly successful and expensive means of achieving zero/near-zero recovery objectives. It depends on all Sets of BCP Plans,
Recovery Plans and Reconstitution Plans.
During the development of the BCP, the BIA (Business Impact Analysis) and Risk Analysis must be developed. The BIA determines the critical processes, the technological infrastructure that supports it, the RPO, the RTO, and the other variables that all of you mentioned, etc. This determines the recovery strategy, replication to an Alternate Site, or Backup Copies. At any given time, the Continuity Committee verifies that the DRP is effective and efficient and that the RPO and RTO comply with recovery tests for planned disasters.
Generally, achieving zero/near zero is possible but costly. Still, synchronous replication is the best option for high transactional, mission-critical applications because it does not require data movement or waiting. It's a highly successful and expensive means of achieving zero/near-zero recovery objectives. It depends on all Sets of BCP Plans,
Recovery Plans and Reconstitution Plans.
Here's a good template: https://www.microfocus.com/media/unspecified/disaster_recovery_planning_template_revised.pdf