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Create a Disaster Recovery Crash Kit - DRJ Blogs - Disaster Recovery Journal
A crash kit is usually a secure lock box that is kept a DR site or remote facility. It can also be a lock box that goes offsite with you tape backups and should probably be updated monthly. (Side note: as I said above a regional disaster takes a 50 miles radius which is something to consider when choosing your offsite tape vendor)In this box you will have everything necessary besides your actual recovery tapes and I have split it into 3 categories. First being your media the second is all printed documentation and lastly the miscellaneous. I will drill down into each of these below;
Media:
Operating System CDs (unless all of your servers are backed up via bare metal this is necessary)
Service Pack CDs (for the Windows folks)
Solaris patch media or FLAR images
Linux RPMS/kernels (Most times you won’t be able to access your online repositories to get these; and do you really want to allow production servers going to the internet unpatched?)
Resource Kit /Option Pack (For the Windows admins)
Additional Burned media (This can include some critical third party SW or plugins that weren’t part of the backup)
Your Backup server media (NetBackup, TSM etc..)
Additional B/U software (This is one off backup media sometimes used for VM’s or replication like Dataon Tap Netapp)
Antivirus Software (Server and client media)
3rd party compression software (7Zip or winrar etc..)
Other Software CDs (Anything third party that can be critical for your recovery)
Virtualization software (ESX, RHEV, Virtual Center, XEN, virtual box etc..)
Email Encryption (PGP and keys etc)
SSL Certs
Terminal Emulators (Putty, hummingbird, VEEAM etc)
Copy of DB scripts on disk or USB ( there are database tasks that run as jobs not restored with the server)
Database Software and patches (Oracle, SQL, MySQL etc)
Blank CD’s ( They can be used to make multiple copies for multiple systems so your team can recover more than one at a time)
Documentation:
Server Recovery Procedures (A detailed procedure for each server being recovered)
Network Diagram (have an original version and a DR version)
License Keys (hardcopy to enter when installing the software)
Tape Lists (hardcopy to make sure all necessary media is at the DR site)
Contact List Vendors (This is for when you are troubleshooting a software issue; keep your client support ID on here as well
Hostname List & IP’s (Have your production list and a disaster recovery list IF different
Employee contact list (The troops names, personal emails and numbers)
Passwords in envelope (This is usually handled by your security team and their discretion)
CD of operational manuals
Encryption Keys
Linux/Unix Scripts (Always good to have a printed version to cross reference)
DNS customers List
Server configuration spreadsheet (Hardware, Model processor type etc..)
Other support contact info (Can be distributers, ISP, Offsite tape vendor etc.)
Business Recovery Plan
Miscellaneous: This is where you can very creative
Tool kit and screw driver (adding components or assembling new hardware)
Patch and cross over cables
Tapes (If you are going to be continuing business from a new place you may need additional tapes)
Cell Phones/Calling Cards
Credit Card (People will need to eat and get hotels)
Keys (For the tape box and locker/cabinet at DR facility)
Blank CD’s
3/4G wireless cards
RSA tokens (for VPN access)
Walkie Talkies
Scratch paper and pens
Get creative……
A final note and reminder is to keep this updated as often as possible and the key to having an effective crash kit is having effective communication with your team.
Source: Create a Disaster Recovery Crash Kit – DRJ Blogs – Disaster Recovery Journal
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