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Don\u2019t be led astray by the common misconception that a successful backup automatically equates to a successful restore. The hard truth is most MSPs don\u2019t perform periodic testing of their clients recurring backups prior to being called upon to perform data recovery. This is when you find yourself in the uncomfortable situation of going into a recovery scenario not knowing if you will emerge successful. However, recovery scenarios don\u2019t have to be that stressful for you or your customers\u2014performing basic recovery testing of their business-critical servers is the key.<\/p>\n

Data selection<\/h2>\n

Remember, a backup is just a point-in-time copy of the data you selected on a running system. It doesn\u2019t ensure the correct data was selected for the recovered system to be bootable. The minimum requirement for a bootable machine is a successful system state backup and a file system backup of your C:\\ volume or boot volume. You must also select any other data volumes and applications that you want to protect. Setting backup filters and exclusions for temp files, media, download directories, dump files, etc. are fine, just don\u2019t exclude items required for your applications to run or that are needed for a successful boot.<\/p>\n

Pending updates<\/h2>\n

A pending OS patch, driver, or application update that\u2019s waiting for a system reboot can further complicate a virtual or bare metal recovery. Because these updates are pending reboot and have not yet been applied at the time of the backup, you don\u2019t know their impact until the first boot after a recovery. If the driver or patch causes a problem after the first boot, you\u2019re potentially stuck unless you can identify and remove the offending update, or you roll back to a known good backup point that\u2019s prior to the update. To mitigate this risk, apply patches and updates frequently and schedule system reboots to ensure you don\u2019t go weeks with an update pending. Additionally, make sure to confirm your default backup retention is at least twice as long as the typical period between patches and scheduled reboots. Finally, setting up monthly or quarterly archive schedules will provide you with long term rollback points should you ever need them.<\/p>\n

Viruses and ransomware<\/h2>\n

Just as a bad update can leave you stranded with an unbootable system, so can ransomware and viruses that manage to infiltrate the system before the next backup runs. If you ever find yourself in a scenario where the restore contains damaged and encrypted files or trojans waiting to trigger, don\u2019t panic. This is simply a case of the backup software doing what it\u2019s designed to do, which is protecting the data that it sees on the selected volumes. Rest assured that even if we do perform a backup of an infected file, it can\u2019t activate or propagate to other files or devices while it\u2019s encrypted on your LocalSpeedVault or in the N‑sight\u00a0Backup cloud.<\/p>\n

To proceed with recovery, first check your backup history and your system event logs to determine when the infection likely occurred. Next, clean, wipe, or otherwise neutralize the infection and damaged files from the system. Then select an earlier backup session to use for recovery. If you\u2019re uncertain about modifying, overwriting, or deleting data on ransomed systems, you can always use alternate hardware to perform a\u00a0bare metal recovery<\/a>\u00a0(BMR) or virtualize the restore using\u00a0virtual disaster recovery<\/a>. While it\u2019s never advisable to pay the ransom, either of these options will leave you free to do so later if the data proves to be unrecoverable for some reason.<\/p>\n

Recovery testing<\/h2>\n

The automated recovery testing function inside of Cove Data Protection is a chargeable feature that you can use to perform monthly or bi-weekly recovery and boot testing of your important Windows servers and workstations. Think of this as the equivalent of opening your refrigerator door and seeing the light come on. This basic, visual check is normally enough for you to assume your \u201cmilk is staying cold\u201d your server will boot when needed. However, it\u2019s still advisable to perform the occasional hands on \u201cdate or sniff test\u201d to make sure, as your milk could very well be spoiled.<\/p>\n

Recovery console<\/h2>\n

The recovery console offers much the same set of recovery testing options, at no additional charge, when using your own local hypervisor as the restore target. It also has the added ability of retaining the restored instance and applying only delta daily changes to it. This standby image of your production system could then easily become a failover target with the availability of just a few minutes (i.e., the time it takes to boot a VM).<\/p>\n

Monitoring recovery<\/h2>\n

You backup management console offers a dedicated\u00a0Recovery testing overview<\/b>\u00a0section to configure and monitor all of your paid recovery testing devices, as well as a predefined dashboard view names \u201cVDR status\u201d that is capable of seeing both recovery testing and recovery console configured devices, restore status, and boot screenshots.<\/p>\n

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I cover more about data recovery in my recurring boot camp and office hours sessions. Please feel free to\u00a0register<\/a>\u00a0to attend those or\u00a0schedule a one-to-one meeting here<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Eric Harless is the head backup nerd at N‑able. Eric has worked with Cove Data Protection since 2013 and has 25+ years of data protection industry experience in sales, support, marketing, systems engineering, and product management. You can follow Eric on Twitter\u00a0at\u00a0@backup_nerd<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Other blogs in this series:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Data recovery: Part 2\u2014Targeting Amazon (AWS EC2) for data recovery<\/a><\/p>\n

Data recovery: Part 3\u2014Using Microsoft Azure for data recovery<\/a><\/p>\n

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