Even a complete disaster on the first test is a success, under the
covers. It will point out the flaws in the plan, and the items that are
missing. That's why we tested quarterly and kept copious notes from each
test. You're going to go through multiple iterations; take it as given.
But each iteration will be an improvement over the previous run. (We had
the luxury of a completely separate system for our DR testing, which
helps immensely!)
Hal Merritt wrote:
Having been up close and personal with a couple of major 'events', I
feel I can safely say that every event is just like every other event in
that it is unique. In other words, they are predictably unpredictable.
Even full dress rehearsals just don't appease Mr Murphy.
I would then argue that you can't know if your plan will actually work
unless you actually test it on an ongoing basis. I would further wager a
virtual beverage or two that that first real attempt will need some
serious spin to be described as anything but a total disaster in and of
itself. Only after several iterations will it get to the point of being
a viable business alternative. After many more iterations, enough kinks
get ironed out to become just another standard procedure.
My $0.02 (before taxes)
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The idea I think is to 'prove' that the DR process works - whatever you
think of that. I think there are more elegant ways to prove something
without actually manually working through it - mathematicians have been
doing so for hundreds of years.
I also think that, for something as crucial as DR, why put yourself
through the risk that comes from doing these swaps? I mean, if someone
was chasing you with a weapon, as a last resort, to escape them you
might run across a busy freeway - and get away with it. If you did that
regularly though, there's more and more chance you'll come a cropper..
Brian
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