Confirm the recovery works for the people who need it.
Restore priority systemsWork through the agreed sequence and dependencies.
Validate the resultCheck data, access and the business task being recovered.
Resume and reviewConfirm who can work again and record remaining issues.
Record what the test proves
Restore acceptance record
Check
Evidence to record
Restore scope
Data or systems selected, copy date and target environment.
Validation
Checks completed and the person accepting the result.
Limitations
Dependencies, applications or business tasks not tested.
Follow-up
Unresolved issues, action owner and planned review date.
A file restore proves that defined test. It does not automatically prove complete application or business recovery. Retain that distinction when reporting the result.