Road to ‘Data’ Recovery – 12 Steps
Hi, my name is Steve and I have a recovery problem. Well, a data recovery problem that is. So, I think it is about time that I apply the ‘12 steps’ to help me with my data recovery problem.
Step 1 – It is time that I admit that I am powerless over my backup environment and my data protection world is unmanageable.
Step 2 – I have come to believe that there is a Technology greater that I that can help me restore (my sanity).
Step 3 – I have made a decision to put our company’s data and the process of recovery into the hands of a true data protection specialist.
Step 4 – I have helped to create a classified inventory of our company’s data.
Step 5 – I will admit to our CEO that I have failed at 63% of my recovery attempts costing the business $MMs.
Step 6 – I am prepared to have the new data protection administrator remove all of my defective technologies.
Step 7 – I will humbly ask ‘him’ to remove all of my failed processes.
Step 8 – I must make a list of all the people I have been unable to recover data for and be willing to try to restore their lost information.
Step 9 – I must make amends to all the people I have been unable to recover data for.
Step 10 – I must continue to take an inventory of all the tapes we have and promptly convert them to a newer technology to enable faster recovery.
Step 11 – I will seek out best of bread technology, parnters and vendors to improve our company’s capabilities for daily operational recovery.
Step 12 – Having had this spiritual awakening as a result of these steps, I will carry this message to all IT administrators who are challenged with data recovery issues.
I believe that by following these 12 steps, I will have put our company back on… the Road to ‘Data’ Recovery.
Posted by Steve Kenniston
that was awesome. I’m totally going to link to this.
Great post. I liked it better the first time I read this from Curtis Preston last year.