ART: Full Recovery Testing

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"Can we recover? Absolutely!"

That's what you want to tell your CIO.

But proving it?  That's harder.

Worried Manager

  • Duplicating hardware is expensive.
  • Documenting the recovery procedure takes time.
  • Running the recovery takes even more time!
  • And to repeat it every week? Out of the question.
  • Yet change happens constantly.  Maybe your DR test worked six months ago ... but will it work today?

Proof positive.  Every week.

Cofident team SMARTtsm automates and schedules complete recovery scenarios for SQL, Exchange, and other Windows-based servers. And you don't have to buy duplicate  hardware - restore to Virtual Machines instead.  Get success / failure reports in your email, completely hands-off.

How SMARTtsm works.

Gears

  • Restores come from TSM only.  The production client is untouched.
  • Restores go to re-usable Virtual Machines.
  • The restored VM boots up.
  • Database / Exchange / etc. starts up.
  • Queries to the true production server validate correct recovery.
  • Emailed report includes restore time.  Did it take 4 hours or 18?