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Disaster Recovery Planning

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Disasters are a problem that all enterprises face; while they may be unavoidable, they can be survivable.

  • A significant portion of organizations have no established Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) other than ad hoc capabilities. Further, for those that do have some form of internally-developed DRP, most of those plans have not been validated against the needs of the various business units.
  • Additionally, both groups have insufficient internal experience or expertise to appropriately rectify the situation and develop a justifiable plan. Finally, both groups recognize that the situation in which they find themselves is inappropriate, represents a deficiency, and needs to be corrected.
  • The development of a formal DRP that meets the needs of the business is a complex process that requires specialized knowledge and information.

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Storyboard: Right-Size Enterprise Disaster Recovery Plans

All organizations have some kind of disaster recovery (DR) plan, but not necessarily the right kind. The enterprise should consider if the current DR plan is sufficient. Read this solution set to determine how much time and money are necessary for your organization's DR plan.

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How to Right-Size Enterprise Disaster Recovery

You organization likely already has some form of Disaster Recovery (DR) capability in place, whether you realize it or not. However, that doesn't mean your organization has the right amount of DR capability. This video will help you determine if you need to spend more time and resources on DR, and, if so, how to begin scoping appropriate DR goals.

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Make Sure the DRP is Ready for a Disaster

This solution set will help clients ensure that, when required, the enterprise can put its DR plan into action.

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Right-Size Enterprise Disaster Recovery Plans

This Solution Set will provide you with the ability to outline risks, determine appropriate recovery objectives and establish a cost framework.

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Immunize Your Business Continuity Plan to Deflect the Flu

The H1N1 influenza virus is reminding organizations to review business continuity plans. Organizations need to prepare for the possibilities that some employees will quarantine themselves and avoid the office in the even of an outbreak, or that public health organizations recommend or mandate work-at-home during more severe influenza outbreaks. IT must prepare and review business continuity plans in order to be equipped to act quickly to support the business in such decisions.

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IT Planning Guide for Infectious Disease Outbreaks

The H1N1 influenza virus is causing organizations to review business continuity plans. Organizations need to prepare for the possibility that some employees will quarantine themselves by avoiding the office during widespread flu outbreaks. Enterprises must also prepare for the possibility that public health organizations may recommend or mandate work-at-home during more severe influenza outbreaks. IT must be equipped to act swiftly to support such decisions.

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Managing Vendor Performance for Technical Services

IT depends heavily on external vendors to deliver key services such as telecommunications, software maintenance and hardware delivery. To ensure that vendors understand the customer's expectations and deliver to them, organizations should follow the five stage process described in this video.

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SOX and ITIL Dominate Trends in IT Compliance

Compliance remains a key concern for many IT managers. Frameworks like ITIL and COBIT are very popular, but the NIST 800 guidelines and ISO 17799/27002 may be more beneficial. Regardless of the approach, IT leadership is sacrificed when violations occur.

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Emergency Notification Systems: A Critical Aspect of DRP

In a crisis situation, the enterprise must be able to deliver coherent, accurate, and rapid communications that tell stakeholders what's happening and how to act. Coordinate emergency notification strategies with the business and its disaster recovery/business continuity plans to ensure the word gets out during a crisis.

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Disaster Drill: How to Evacuate the Data Center

No DRP is complete without an emergency evacuation plan for the data center, which is also required by law for the safety of employees. Create and test evacuation drills to keep IT staff informed and ready for an evacuation event.

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Online Backup: Novastor NovaNet-WEB

Novastor offers several backup solutions under the NovaNet brand, including local and remote backup. NovaNet is promoted as both a standalone service as well as a potential partner for ISPs and resellers who wish to rebrand their own solution. The high pricing makes NovaNet a less attractive option when compared to the competition.

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Things to Consider When Shopping for a Backup Generator

Buying and installing a backup generator for business continuity is not a fire-and-forget proposition. Choose the right generator for the job, and give it the care it needs.

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Are Backup Generators a Feasible Option for DRP?

Beyond the use of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), the idea of continuous electricity is a tempting one for ensuring data center continuity, but backup generators are only financially feasible in certain situations. Base the decision on the enterprise's level of risk and required objectives for recovery.

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Online Backup: MozyPro

Of the numerous backup and recovery solutions offered by EMC, MozyPro is the online backup solution aimed at the small and mid-sized business. Since its acquisition of Mozy in 2007, EMC has stepped up its game in the online backup arena. Mozy's product set continues to expand and integrate into the EMC family.

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Online Backup: Intronis eSureIT Business

Intronis Technologies offers both professional and personal online backup solutions with its eSureIT product line. The Windows-only support and relatively high price tag may turn off potential customers.

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Dot to Dot with IBM Lotus Notes and Domino

IBM Lotus is generating fresh energy around Lotus Notes and Domino with version 8. IT leads considering an upgrade from Lotus Notes/Domino version 7 and those considering a move to the Notes platform will want to consider the feature roadmap to 8.0.1 and 8.5 to better schedule deployment.

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Need Backup? Say Hello to Amanda

Data backups are everyone's concern. Amanda is an inexpensive alternative to purchasing vendor-supplied disk or tape backups.

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Microsoft Adds Application Backup and Restore to DPM

Microsoft's Data Protection Manager 2007 promises to enhance the existing DPM 2006 product. Microsoft-oriented IT shops seeking backup and restore functionality will find this product attractive and should investigate.

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Save Costs with a DRP Outsourcer

There are numerous options available to organizations of all sizes for off-site disaster recovery facilities. Choose the right option that balances enterprise needs with IT budget restrictions.

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BCP Software: Simplify and Automate

BCP software vendors offer suites of powerful tools. However, these tools must serve to simplify and automate management processes. Focus on developing the formal management processes first, and then match the tools to specific needs as necessary.

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Solution Set

Make Sure the DRP is Ready for a Disaster

This solution set will help clients ensure that, when required, the enterprise can put its DR plan into action.

Solution Set

Right-Size Enterprise Disaster Recovery Plans

This Solution Set will provide you with the ability to outline risks, determine appropriate recovery objectives and establish a cost framework.

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Storyboard: Leverage Server Virtualization for DR Affordability and Agility

For many organizations, particularly mid-sized enterprises, improved infrastructure availability and recovery is as big a driver for server virtualization as consolidation. Enterprises should leverage virtualization for better availability and DR, but should also recognize particular issues to watch for in regards to backup.

Solution Set

Document the DR Plan

This solution set will help you through the process of writing up your DRP, and help you maintain the documents.

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How Virtualization Turns DR Upside Down

Backup typically has two parts: file restore and system restore. System restore is traditionally complex and expensive. File backup is more flexible. Virtualization turns a running system into a file and makes system availability, failover, and site-to-site a file backup management issue.

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How to Test Your DRP

Do not wait until the DRP is put into action to discover weaknesses in disaster recovery processes. Run a full test of the enterprise's DRP to uncover flaws before an event knocks out IT systems for good.

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Storyboard: Enabling Enterprise Disaster Recovery

To ensure that the newly minted enterprise Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) does not become shelfware, a regiment of staffing, training and testing must be put into place. This presentation explores additional tasks that the enterprise must take on, once the DRP is complete, to ensure it can withstand a disaster.

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Bring the DRP to Life: Make the Plan Actionable

Building a solid Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) is only half of the battle; the plan isn't going to operate itself. This videocast explores additional tasks that the enterprise must engage in once the plan is complete. Ensure your enterprise can withstand an actual disaster.

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DRP Test Worksheet

Don't wait until the DRP is invoked to discover weaknesses in disaster recovery processes. Run a full test of the enterprise's DRP to uncover flaws before an event knocks out IT systems for good.

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Disaster Recovery Primary Site Restoration: Home Sweet Home

Establishing operations at the recovery site is only the first half of the work involved in disaster recovery. At some point, services and systems must be returned to primary site facilities to resume normal operations. Repatriation is more than disaster recovery in reverse, and care must be taken to ensure the enterprise learns and grows from the event.

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