#47SAFETYPROTECTElite

Restore Drills

Scheduled recovery testing

Hard

Overview

Scheduled, end-to-end recovery drills that restore from backup and verify functionality.

Why It Matters

Monthly drills prove your RPO/RTO claims. Practice before you need it.

Implementation Pattern

  1. 1Schedule monthly drills
  2. 2Restore database and files
  3. 3Start application
  4. 4Run smoke tests

Pipeline Coverage

This continuous capability monitors and applies to the following pipeline phases:

RELEASE

Tool Examples

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