“We’ve got backups”. Have you tested them?

A cheerful thought. A man jumps out of a plane, grinning, thumbs up, full of confidence. He has a backpack on. He has never once checked what is inside it. Turns out it is a picnic blanket & a rubber duck.

That is most business backup test. Nobody looks inside until the day they really, really need to.

“We’ve got backups” might be the most comforting sentence in business. It is also the least tested. Having a backup & being able to get your business running again by Tuesday are two completely different things. One is a tick in a box. The other is your livelihood.

I have lost count of the setups where the backup was quietly failing for months & nobody knew, because nobody ever tried to bring it back. It ran every night. The little report said it was done. Then the day came, someone pressed the button & nothing useful came back.

Backups are boring, right up until 4pm on the worst day of your year. That is a terrible moment to find out yours is a picnic blanket. Testing backups ensures business continuity.

So, a simple question. When did anyone last prove your backup works by actually restoring it, not just telling you it is running? If you do not know, please do not wait for the worst day to find out.

This is exactly the sort of thing I would rather check for you now, calmly, than fix for you later in a panic. If you want a straight, plain English second opinion, get in touch.

Jacqui

J & J Systems, Canterbury

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