5. High Availability is for: Disaster Recovery is for: Photo licensed with Creative Commons, used from:http://www.flickr.com/photos/melancon/280076809/ Photo licensed with Creative Commons, used from:http://www.flickr.com/photos/meltedplastic/2854777253/
13. ReplicationPhoto licensed with Creative Commons, used from:http://www.flickr.com/photos/melancon/280076809/ Photo licensed with Creative Commons, used from:http://www.flickr.com/photos/meltedplastic/2854777253/
28. ReplicationPhoto licensed with Creative Commons, used from:http://www.flickr.com/photos/melancon/280076809/ Photo licensed with Creative Commons, used from:http://www.flickr.com/photos/meltedplastic/2854777253/
29. Backup Best Practices Never back up directly to local disk Back up to file share Back up to different SAN Back flat files up to tape Get the tapes offsite fast If it’s really critical, mirror the backups Photo licensed with Creative Commons, used from:http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/465459020/
30. Avoid Agents Lose schedule control Can’t gauge success Photo licensed with Creative Commons, used from:http://www.flickr.com/photos/practicalowl/314989744/
31. Do Fire Drills Ahead Of Time Build a standalone restore testbed Document how long a restore will take for managers Update it quarterly Trust no one Photo licensed with Creative Commons, used from:http://www.flickr.com/photos/millzero/705902956/
35. Lessons Learned Test your backups Retain your backups Know business value of backups
36. Log Shipping Lesson Learned Production SQL Server High Availability SQL Server Log Shipping SAN #1 SAN #2 Production SQL Arrays HASQL Arrays
37. Surprise! Production SQL Server High Availability SQL Server File Server Log Shipping Log Shipping SAN #1 SAN #2 Production SQL Arrays HASQL Arrays File Server Arrays
38. Brent’s Role Swap of Doom Disaster Recovery Datacenter Production Datacenter 100MB connection Data synced to DR
39. Brent’s Role Swap of Doom Disaster Recovery Datacenter Production Datacenter 100MB connection Data synced back to production
40. Brent’s Role Swap of Doom Disaster Recovery Datacenter Production Datacenter 100MB connection Data synced back to production PLUS Users running applications that query the database in DR 1gb Ethernet
41. Brent’s Role Swap of Doom Disaster Recovery Datacenter Production Datacenter 100MB connection Tape Jukeboxes w/10 Drives Tape Jukeboxes w/6 Drives
42. Building a Bug-Out Bag Photo Licensed with Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/78256324@N00/394214262/
43. Photo Licensed with Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/moflytier/45842386/
44. Personal Contents Power inverter Gadget chargers Clothes & toiletries Water & food Insurance papers Road atlas Flashlight Pillow
45. Work Contents Software installs License keys Cell data cardor Verizon MiFi Contact list(updated annually)
46. Contact Lists Family Coworkers Managers Alternate Offices HW Vendors SW Vendors ISP/Colo Photo Licensed with Creative Commons from http://www.flickr.com/photos/toastforbrekkie/1237898664/
47. Lessons Learned Trust, but verify Test, test, test Whiteboard your environment Look for single points of failure Get a bug-out bag
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