Know what you need to restore and how you will check it.
A protected copy is useful when it can be restored to the systems your business needs. Recovery planning connects backup coverage with the people, applications and dependencies involved in getting back to work.
Prepare before an interruption
List critical services and their dependencies. Agree recovery priorities and the amount of data loss or downtime the business can tolerate. Check that the protected copies cover those requirements.
Practise a recovery
Choose a defined test, restore into an agreed environment and check the result. Record what was recovered, what was verified and which dependencies or permissions caused difficulty.
Keep the plan current
Review the plan when systems, people or business priorities change. Backup coverage, retention, recovery targets and testing arrangements need an agreed scope; this page does not promise a recovery time.