How to set up your DRaaS with Public Cloud approach
Alternative to conventional Disaster Recovery Plan, the Disaster Recovery as a service is in expansion. Thanks to its rapid implementation, practicality and lower associated costs this solution is appreciated by small and Medium-sized businesses.
4 phases of UCover’s DRaaS continuous approach
1. Planify:
- Depending of risk scenarios, define the choice of backup method to the Cloud
- Planify the DRaaS deployment
4. Upgrade :
- Periodically review the DRaaS perimeter
- Add or remove the applications that needs to be added or removed
2. Deploy :
- Apply data backup plans (locally and to the Cloud) for the DRaaS
- Test unitary components of the DRaaS
- Transfer datas
- Ensure skills transfer
3. Control
- Setup the backup test plan
- Test parts of the DRaaS
- Review the monitored elements
Detailled steps during the first execution of an outsourced DRP
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Phase 1 : Planify
Step 1 : Start of the project
Goals
This step can be more or less important depending on the prepation state of the company : if it’s an existing DRP or a totally new creation. Nonetheless, a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) must be performed.
In this step we need to verify the entirety of the elements :- Validate the perimeter of the project, the actors, the ressources used and integrate known evolution.
- Validate selected risk scenarios.
- Validate the criticity of applications, their dependencies.
Delivery
- Description of the backup’s perimeter
- Detailled functionnalities,
- Deployment planning
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Phase 2 : Deploy
Step 2 : Setup the infrastructure in Flexible Engine
Goals
Configure spaces and the interface in Orange Cloud as well as the Cloud environments’ access rights.
Set up operational links between the client’s datacenter and Orange datacenter (VPN tunnel, Internet,..).Delivery
- Operational Cloud Infrastructure
Step 3 : Backup installation (locally and remotely)
Goals
Install the replication environment :
- Setting up the servers’ backup tools (Windows & Linux)
- Implementation of Cloud backup monitoring
- Create the entirety of the plans (backup, replication) and make them work alone.
Delivery
- Backup Plans,
- Operational Backup
Step 4 : Redaction of the backup general procedure
Goals
Write the backup policy :
- Procedure that need to be followed in the case of a disaster,
- Custom scripts on critical servers
Delivery
- Procedures,
- Scripts.
Step 5 : Construction of the Client’s Disaster Recovery Plan
Goals
Write DRP procedures :
- Procedure that need to be followed in the case of a disaster,
- Technical procedures (communications, servers, security),
- Custom scripts on critical servers
Delivery
- Procedures,
- Scripts.
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Phase 3 : Control
Step 6 : Redaction and execution of recovery test procedure
Goals
Organize backup tests. Many cases are covered :
- Only concerns the critical servers perimeter where their datas are outsourced in the Cloud,
- Critical and important servers (manual re-up),
- Servers allowing the reconnection of the client sites
Delivery
- Restoration test procedure
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Phase 4 : Upgrade
Step 7 : Maintaining the DRP in an operational state
Goals
Organize the maintenance in operational state of the backups and the DRP :
- Monitoring evolution
- Anomaly and application processing
- Inclusion of your Information System evolution
Recurrent delivery
Delivery
- Exploitation reports
- Meeting reports
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Monitoring and administration of your UCover solution
The UCover Console allows you to monitor and administer your entire UCover solution.
This central administration console allows you to monitor and administer in real time your backups, restoration tests and to request changes to your perimeter (add a server, delete, change protection tier,. ..).