IT0128-M-E – Disaster Recovery Site Procedures

Appendix E – Disaster Recovery Site Procedures

  1. Preliminary Actions
    1. HVAC / Power
      1. Verify HVAC and UPS are functioning properly
    2. Hardware
      1. Setup all hardware and install OS / software / write saved configs
      2. Connect all required network connections
  2. Networking / Security
    1. Establish LAN connectivity
    2. Establish WAN connectivity
    3. Update DNS entries for external access
  3. SAN
    1. Configure network settings for VMware hosts, NFS, and iSCSI
  4. VMware
    1. Configure hosts
    2. Startup vCenter Server Appliance
    3. Verify functionality
  5. Core Services (AD / DC / DNS / DHCP / CAS / CA)
    1. Startup DNS servers
    2. Startup DHCP server
    3. Startup CAS servers
    4. Startup CA servers
  6. File Shares
    1. Startup FSCluster Nodes
    2. Run cluster validation
  7. Banner
    1. Startup Database Server
    2. Startup JobSub Server
    3. Startup Banner Administrative Servers
    4. Startup Banner Self-Service Servers
    5. Startup Imaging Servers
  8. Webservers
    1. Startup MySQL Server
    2. Startup Webservers
  9. Veeam
    1. Startup Veeam server
    2. Verify function
    3. Prepare to restore data and VMs as needed
  10. Other Applications / Services
    1. Startup VMs
    2. Verify services
  11. All Applications / Services
    1. Verify functionality
    2. Determine if any data need recovering from backup
    3. Recover and test

IT0128-M-E – Disaster Recovery Site Procedures
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