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Northeast Regional Data Center

Business Resumption PlanningAllan Pither

Program 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

Webster’s 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.

Black’s 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 …

Bartlett’s Roget’s 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

Throughput

Gate / Switch

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BRP Model - 2Spaghetti Model

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BRP Model – 2aSpaghetti Model - Continued

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BRP Model - 3

Sinkhole Model

Unit IT

Ground Level

Water Table

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BRP Model – 4Disaster Recovery Life Cycle

IBM – Used by Permission

Disaster

Normal Processing

Time Emergency Interim Processing

Proccssing

Load

Temporary Data Processing

Restoration

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BRP Model - 5

Inputs Outputs/Services

Feedback

IT Unit

DisasterResponse Recovery

Processing Environment

Pither’s Interactive Analog Process Model of Provided Function, Disaster, and Recovery, February 27, 1982, 8:45pm

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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 Templatehttp://www.it.ufl.edu/policies/security/outlines/unit-brp-outline.html

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Network Diagram

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From: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/clasnet/buildings/and/and0.gif

Building / Floor Layout – Wiring Schematic

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IT Antenna Farm

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