® _1 Confidential and proprietary information of Ingram Micro Inc. — Do not distribute or duplicate without Ingram Micro's express written permission. 1Introduction Michael Gunzelmann 15 years in the IT industry Dedicated IBM partner consultant Focused on partner enablement Custom implementations of IBM software
® _2 Confidential and proprietary information of Ingram Micro Inc. — Do not distribute or duplicate without Ingram Micro's express written permission. 2 Data and its Importance Data is the life blood of businesses If data is lost the effects can be enormous Disruption in business processes can be devastating You need to be prepared and plan ahead
® _3 Confidential and proprietary information of Ingram Micro Inc. — Do not distribute or duplicate without Ingram Micro's express written permission. 3 Business Continuity Evaluating the physical risks your business faces – Consider all possibilities – Determine which are the most likely Develop a plan to address these threats – Classify all business processes – Involve all functional groups – Create a comprehensive solution – An evolving process
® _4 Confidential and proprietary information of Ingram Micro Inc. — Do not distribute or duplicate without Ingram Micro's express written permission. 4 Disaster Recovery Part of the Business Continuity Plan Contains all the necessary details for recovering lost systems and their data Designed as a staged solution – Critical resources recovered in minutes or seconds – Primary components available in hours – Secondary items online in days
® _5 Confidential and proprietary information of Ingram Micro Inc. — Do not distribute or duplicate without Ingram Micro's express written permission. 5 Recovery Scenarios Mission Critical – Hot site with clustered systems with synchronized data volumes – Cost is directly related to complexity of the environment – Expensive is proportionate to the business risk Primary Systems – Warm site with a functional infrastructure – Data can be staged to this location – Can be a subset of the hot site
® _6 Confidential and proprietary information of Ingram Micro Inc. — Do not distribute or duplicate without Ingram Micro's express written permission. 6 Recovery Scenarios con’t Secondary components – Recovered for raw systems – Typically done from offsite backup media – Tends to be corporate records and file and print data – Mal also be a portion of a hot or warm site
® _7 Confidential and proprietary information of Ingram Micro Inc. — Do not distribute or duplicate without Ingram Micro's express written permission. 7 Keep in Mind that… Business Continuity is an insurance policy The plan will require a great deal of discussion and evaluation with the customer Once a plan is in place, a Disaster Recovery solution must be created The DR plan must reflect the business and the risks it faces