The primary goal of this guide is not simply to provide a checklist of tasks, but to help you develop an understanding of the disaster recovery (DR) planning process and the principles that underlie it. Before getting into the details, let’s consider first just what this guide will do for you and equally importantly, what it will not do. What this guide will do is to lay out a framework for DR planning that keeps things conceptually simple and helps you know what steps must be carried out and why, without a lot of jargon or unnecessary formality.
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January 2007Table of ContentsPurpose of the Guide ..........................................................................................................................................................................................3Our Approach ......................................................................................................................................................................................................3Step 1. Develop the Planning Policy Statement ............................................................................................................................................4Step 2. Conduct a Business Impact Analysis ................................................................................................................................................5The Outside-In Analysis ............................................................................................................................................................................5The Inside-Out Analysis ............................................................................................................................................................................6Step 3. Identify Preventative Measures ..........................................................................................................................................................7Step 4. Develop Recovery Strategies ..............................................................................................................................................................8Step 5. Develop the Plan ....................................................................................................................................................................................9Plan Section 1: Introduction ......................................................................................................................................................................9Plan Section 2: Operational Overview ..................................................................................................................................................10Plan Section 3: Notification/Activation Phase ....................................................................................................................................10Plan Section 4: Recovery Phase ..............................................................................................................................................................11Plan Section 5: Reconstitution Phase ....................................................................................................................................................12Plan Section 6: Appendices ....................................................................................................................................................................12Step 6. Plan Testing, Training & Exercises ....................................................................................................................................................12Step 7. Plan Maintenance ................................................................................................................................................................................13A Final Thought ..................................................................................................................................................................................................13Other CA XOsoft Products ..............................................................................................................................................................................13Contact Information ..........................................................................................................................................................................................13Appendix A. Sample System Information Form (SIF)................................................................................................................................14Appendix B: Sample Master System Information Form (Master SIF)....................................................................................................15Appendix C: Sample System Recovery Strategy Form (SRSF) ............................................ [download for more]
