Northeast Regional Data Center Business Resumption Planning Allan Pither Program Development Manager

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Northeast Regional Data CenterBusiness
Resumption PlanningAllan PitherProgram
Development Manager

• Training Sessions
• January 22 / 31, 2003

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Overview
What is a Plan? What is a Disaster? Disaster
Models! What is a Business Resumption
Plan? Review Center for Galactic and
Terrestrial Networking Information Technology
Business Resumption Plan
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What is a Plan?

• A detailed scheme, program, or method worked out
  beforehand for the accomplishment of an object
• Websters II New College Dictionary, 1995, page
  842
• A delineation a design a draft, form or
  representation. Also, a method of design or
  action, procedure, or arrangement for
  accomplishment of a particular act or object.
• Blacks Law Dictionary, 1979, page 1036
• Nouns 1. A method for making, doing, or
  accomplishing something blueprint, design, game
  plan, idea, layout, project, schema, scheme,
  strategy
• Bartletts Rogets Thesaurus, 1st Edition,
  Boston, Little, Brown, 1996

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What is a Disaster?
Disaster - A sudden, calamitous event causing
great damage, destruction, or loss Emergency -
When something is needed that is not or will not
be available in the requested, expected, or
scheduled time frame - An unforeseen
combination of circumstances or the resulting
state that calls for immediate action EDP
Disaster Recovery Models, Allan W. Pither,
Northeast Regional Data Center, Florida
Association of Educational Data Systems
Presentation, October 24, 1989
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What is a Disaster / Recovery Plan?
Disaster - Anything which creates an inability
to provide vital business information for some
pre-determined period of time. Disaster
Recovery - Restoration of vial business
functions after a disaster. Disaster Recovery
Planning - The purpose of disaster recovery
planning is to take steps in advance to ensure
the continuity of critical business information
in the event of a disaster. Disaster recovery
planning should be done for all operating and
support functions of an organization. Disaster
Recovery Planning, Course Reference Materials,
IBM, 1993, Glossary, pages ix x
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In a Nutshell Disaster Recovery Planning!
The Product provable recovery capability,
documented The Process commitment to continuing
actions The Project short term, high-impact
first efforts The Program umbrella for all of
the above Disaster Recovery Planning, Course
Reference Materials, IBM, 1993, Glossary, pages
ix x
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BRP Model - 1
Binary Model On / Off Up / Down
Gate / Switch
Throughput
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BRP Model - 2
Spaghetti Model
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BRP Model 2a
Spaghetti Model - Continued
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BRP Model - 3
Sinkhole Model
Ground Level
Water Table
Unit IT
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BRP Model 4Disaster Recovery Life CycleIBM
Used by Permission
P r o c c s s i n g L o a d
Disaster
Normal Processing
Temporary Data Processing
Restoration
Time Emergency Interim Processing
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BRP Model - 5
Feedback
IT Unit
Inputs
Outputs/Services
Response Recovery
Disaster
Processing Environment
Pithers Interactive Analog Process Model of
Provided Function, Disaster, and Recovery,
February 27, 1982, 845pm
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Review Business Resumption Plan
Center for Galactic and Terrestrial Networking
Information Technology Business Resumption Plan
Source Document Office of Information
Technology, Information technology Security
Policy Unit IT Business Resumption Plan
Template http//www.it.ufl.edu/policies/security/o
utlines/unit-brp-outline.html
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Network Diagram
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Building / Floor Layout Wiring Schematic
From http//www.clas.ufl.edu/clasnet/buildings/a
nd/and0.gif
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IT Antenna Farm
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