Prioritizing the Recovery

After all the computer services and applications used on a network are identified and you have decided which typical disaster scenarios will be considered in the backup and recovery plan, the next step is to organize or prioritize how to recover critical systems and restore services. The prioritization usually involves getting the most critical services up and running first, and this always requires networking services such as domain name system (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) as well as Active Directory domain controllers on many corporate networks that use Microsoft Windows servers and client operating systems.

Maintaining up-to-date backup and recovery plans requires following strict processes ...

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