Disaster Recovery Plan
A disaster recovery plan can be structured in many different ways and can contain many types of information, including:
- A plan to acquire hardware.
- A communication plan.
- A list of people to be contacted in the event of a disaster.
- Instructions for contacting the people involved in the response to the disaster.
- Information on who owns the administration of the plan.
Preparing for a Disaster
To prepare for disaster, it is recommended that you periodically perform the following steps:
- Perform regular database and transaction log backups to minimize the amount of lost data. It is recommended that both system and user databases be backed up.
- Maintain system logs in a secure fashion. Keep records of all service packs installed on Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 or Windows® 2000 and Microsoft SQL Server™. Keep records of network libraries used, the security mode, and the sa password.
- Maintain a base functionality script for quickly assessing minimal capability.
- Assess the steps you need to take to recover from a disaster ahead of time on another server, and amend the steps as necessary to suit your environment.
