System i Disaster Recovery Planning

Description

Mapping out all the preparations necessary for an effective disaster recovery plan and its safeguard - a continuous maintenance program - this guide is aimed at IT managers of small and medium businesses. The opening section covers the initial steps of auditing vulnerability, ranking essential IT functions, and reviewing the storage of tape backups, with the following discussion focused on the elements of the plan itself. The plan includes a mission statement, a definition of disaster, the assignment of staff to teams, methods of compensating for human error, and standards for documenting the steps of recovery. The final portion of the guide covers the all-important initial testing of the system as well as the proper maintenance thereafter and weighs in on the pros and cons of using outside vendors for recovery systems.

CONTENTS:

Chapter 1: Building a Disaster Recovery Plan - The Need

   Chapter 2: Vulnerability Assessment & Risk Analysis

   Chapter 3: Conducting a Business Impact and Recoverability Analysis

   Chapter 4: Critical Server Ranking

   Chapter 5: Building Recovery Strategy Requirements

   Chapter 6: Backup and Recoverability

   Chapter 7: Your Business Value of Systems Availability

   Chapter 8: Vital Records and Critical Data Offsite Storage

   Chapter 9: Building Your Teams

   Chapter 10: Effective Communications

   Chapter 11: How to Develop and Document a Disaster Recovery Plan

   Chapter 12: Effective Plan-Activation Procedures

   Chapter 13: The Need for System-Related Documentation

   Chapter 14: System i5/iSeries Restoration Procedures

   Chapter 15: System i5/iSeries BRMS Restoration Procedures

   Chapter 16: Testing Your Disaster Recovery Plan

   Chapter 17: Plan Maintenance

   Chapter 18: Selecting a Commercial Hotsite Provider

   Chapter 19: A Family DR Plan

   Appendix: Sample Documents