Disaster Recovery Procedures Invocation

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Disaster Recovery Procedures Invocation -

The following procedure describes the high-level the first 24 hours after the invocation of the disaster. This procedure is based on a "hot" recovery service.

Following a disaster, / actions must be taken to ensure the continuity of well-defined steps business. During the first 24 hours these steps fall into the following categories.

initial assessment

The times - Immediately (T + 0)

following a disaster, the first step that must be taken is to assess the current situation. This will be done by the disaster coordinator, who will decide if the Disaster Management Team needs to be assembled. The team will need access to a command disaster tool if the primary location is not accessible for any reason. The disaster command center and management team should be detailed, along with important phone / mobile numbers and directions of the Business Continuity Plan.

The relevant emergency services should have already been informed of the situation. The Disaster Management Team would act as the main focal point for emergency services.

may need to make a call pre-invocation to put the Disaster Recovery service on standby, thereby reducing the response time in case of service to be formally recalled.

Disaster Management Meeting

The times - within 1 hour (T + 1 hour)

if must call a formal meeting disaster, this should occur within one hour of the event. It may not be possible to get all team members together in these times, therefore, all essential members should be agreed and documented in the plan.

The main role of The Management Team would be a disaster:

define the problem
define the extent of the disturbance
determine the likely impact on your business
Estimate long interruption (where possible)
Call service for disaster recovery, as appropriate
formally established Disaster Command center
Okay the team's objectives for the next three hours
agree formal verbal report to the 'Top management
Agree on staffing levels needed at the present time
Send nonessential personnel at home (if during office hours)
contact nonessential personnel at home (if overtime)
called in additional staff (if overtime)
Set next meeting for T + 4 hours

Disaster Review meeting

The times - within 2 hours (T + 2 hours)

at this point you should have a more detailed understanding of the situation. This will allow a full written report to be produced for top management.

The Disaster Management Team will have at this point:

invoked the disaster Recover Service (if applicable)
Set a center of temporary Disaster Command
Mobilising the essential members of staff

Where appropriate the warm standby (Disaster Recovery) services should be available at this time to start the configuration of the standby systems.

of standby equipment configuration

The times - within 2 hours of invocation (T + 4 hours)

of hot disaster recovery configurations is generally expected to be available within 2 hours of invocation. At this point, the site should be ready to receive the equipment. Power and communications must be enabled and services for essential personnel should be available. Additional equipment needs to be purchased could come some time after that. The backup media will have also arrived on the spot.

data recovery, and testing

The time - within 20 hours of invocation (T + 22 hours)

Up to 8 hours you may be required to restore and test the system. complete procedures for user acceptance testing (UAT) should be documented in your disaster recovery plan to ensure the systems are fully operational before they are announced to be live for the end user.

systems available to end users

The time - within 22 hours of invocation (T + 24 hours)

At this point you should be able to resume some ( or all) of your business activity (depending on the extent of the disaster). 'Important at this stage to plan Business Recovery in full. These steps should include:

Intermediate requirement as a great temporary housing
restructuring of the damaged offices (if applicable)
Identification of new premises (if applicable)
of damaged material Renewal

A complete business plan Shooting should also be produced, specifying the transition from the standby facility for permanent offices.

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