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

1. Northeast Regional Data CenterBusiness Resumption PlanningAllan PitherProgram Development Manager Training Sessions January 22 / 31, 2003

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. BRP Model - 1 Binary Model On / Off … Up / Down Gate / Switch Throughput

8. BRP Model - 2 Spaghetti Model

9. BRP Model – 2a Spaghetti Model - Continued

10. BRP Model - 3 Sinkhole Model Ground Level Water Table Unit IT

11. 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

12. BRP Model - 5 Feedback IT Unit Inputs Outputs/Services Response Recovery Disaster Processing Environment Pither’s Interactive Analog Process Model of Provided Function, Disaster, and Recovery, February 27, 1982, 8:45pm

13. 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/outlines/unit-brp-outline.html

14. Network Diagram

15. Building / Floor Layout – Wiring Schematic From: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/clasnet/buildings/and/and0.gif

16. IT Antenna Farm

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