Work backwards from the restore.
Which systems need to return first? How much recent work can you afford to lose? How long can the service be unavailable? The answers give the backup plan its priorities.
05 / Backup & recovery
Built for
the comeback.
Design the recovery before you need the backup. Start with the data you cannot lose and the time you can afford to be without it.
Plan your recovery- CaptureDefine protected data
- RetainKeep recovery points
- RestoreRecover & validate
Copies, retention and restoration must be agreed and validated. Recovery is not implied to be automatic.
Your configuration
Make it your configuration.
- Coverage
- Selected systems, applications and datasets
- Schedule
- Frequency, retention and recovery points
- Destination
- Storage location and separation requirements
- Restore
- Responsibilities, process and agreed objectives
Backup scope on requestScope, price and timing confirmed in your proposal.
Put separation into the plan.
Decide where copies live, who can access them and how long they remain available. Include application consistency and independent storage where required. A snapshot alone may share the failure risks of its source.
Make recovery a rehearsed task.
Assign responsibility for checking jobs, investigating failures, requesting restores and validating the result. Agree the scope of testing and the recovery objectives for your service.
Keep the scope visible.
Your order identifies the systems covered, frequency, retention and restore assistance. Recovery objectives become commitments only where expressly agreed. Keep appropriate independent copies of critical data.
Before you begin
Before you
make your move.
What does a backup plan include?+
A defined dataset, schedule, retention period, destination and restore process. The exact coverage belongs in your order; there is no single schedule applied to every 3NT service.
Can the backup live in another location?+
Tell us your separation and data-residency requirements. We will confirm available destinations and the relevant transfer arrangements.
The next step
Start with what
needs to come back.
Identify the systems, data and recovery priorities. We will work through the backup destinations, retention and restore assistance your service needs.
Plan your recovery requirements