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This document outlines a lab assignment for developing disaster recovery backup procedures and recovery instructions. The most important task for continuity planning is to document critical systems, applications, and data recovery processes. Having efficient documented backup and recovery procedures allows for faster recovery times. The lab has students apply these concepts to back up and recover their own data.

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Lab 9

This document outlines a lab assignment for developing disaster recovery backup procedures and recovery instructions. The most important task for continuity planning is to document critical systems, applications, and data recovery processes. Having efficient documented backup and recovery procedures allows for faster recovery times. The lab has students apply these concepts to back up and recover their own data.

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Lab #9: DEVELOP DISASTER RECOVERY BACK-UP PROCEDURES AND

RECOVERY INSTRUCTIONS

Course Name: IAA202


Student Name: Nguyen Minh Tam
Instructor Name: Nguyen Van Vinh
Overview :

The most important task for a business continuity and disaster recovery plan is to document
all identified mission critical IT systems, applications, and data recovery procedures. Fast recovery
times for IT systems and applications are achievable with efficient and accurate recovery
instructions. This lab has the students apply the same concepts of disaster recovery back-up
procedures and recovery instructions to their own data.

Lab Assessment Questions:

1. How does documented back-up and recovery procedures help achieve RTO?

- By documenting and implementing backup and recovery procedures, the process for
recovery is much more efficient, helping with the time portion of RTO. By having effective
backup and recovery procedures you should have the necessary resources to restore
systems from backups and a repeatable process that is known to succeed in achieving RTO.

2. True or False. To achieve an RTO of 0, you need 100% redundant, hot-stand-by


infrastructure (i.e., IT system, application, and data, etc.).

- True.

3. What is most important when considering data back-up?

- Deciding what data is most important.

4. What is most important when considering data recovery?

- When considering a recovery option,the quality of the recovery is paramount. It may be


slow, but it’ll be worth it; it may be costly, but you don’t want to lose valuable information.
The quality of the recovery should always be your top priority.
5. What are the risks of using your external e-mail box as a back-up and data storage
solution?

- The problems with using email is unforeseen downtime, limited space, hackers, and
malicious code. Another problem is with smart phones and such being used now, if your
mobile device getsinfected it can freely access your email which is a huge liability.

6. Identify the Total Amount of Time Required to Recover and Install the Lab #9 Assessment
Worksheets on Your Student VM Hard Drive and open the file in Microsoft Word to
verify integrity. {Insert your timed RTO using your computer clock – following your
documented instructions and steps}.

- It took 5 minutes to recover my lab #9 assessment worksheets. The original RTO was 15
minutes, I made good time on my recovery.

7. Did you achieve your RTO? What steps and procedures can you implement to help drive
RTO even lower?
- Yes, you could compress the files to lower transmission time or store the files on external
media.

8. What are some recommendations for lowering the RTO for retrieval and access to the
back-up data file?

- Options would be to increase the speed at which you can access the file, compress the file
to make it easier and faster to transfer, or shortening the distance the backup file has to
travel to reach a component (i.e. keep the backup file to the database close to the database
server).

9. If you drive RTO lower what must you do to streamline the procedure?

- Create more redundancy in order to keep up with the demand for time limitations of the
RTO. If the RTO is lower then the system must be able to be restored more quickly.

10. Why is documenting and testing critical to achieve a defined RTO?

- To know that and for those who proceed in that position, these test were completed and has
been done before. A history will be formed and if ever a problem arises that has before,
records will save time.
11. Why is it a best practice for an organization to document its back-up and recovery steps
for DR?

- Data backup is easy to do and can save you great amounts of time as well as ensure that
your data is secure in the case of disaster. Data recovery is a very difficult, time consuming
and expensive process, and it is not even assured that you will be able to recover your data
from a system crash. Backup does not take much time, as it is easy to put your files onto
another medium, and is not too expensive; depending upon what mediums you use to back-
up your data. There are many different options for data backup, and you will have to choose
the one that is best for you.

12. What can you do to cut down on the recovery time for accessing, copying, and recovering
your Lab #1 – Lab #8 individual worksheets to help achieve the RTO?

- Writing the answers in the book and writing them out would be helpful.

13. What will encryption of a disk or data in storage do to the RTO definition when attempting
to retrieve and recover clear-text data for production use?

- Encryption of a disk or data storage will be a slow process to the RTO definition because
it will have to be unencrypt it to recover the clear-text data.

14. How many total steps did your back-up and recovery procedures consist of for this Lab
exercise? Are there any that can be combined or streamlined?

- 7 steps.

15. If the individual accessing the system for DR purposes was not familiar with the IT system
and required system administrator login credentials, what additional step is required in the
recovery phase?

- Accessing the secured data and documents that have information and steps to recover data
is required.

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