Disaster Recovery Template

June 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Software Development

This Disaster Recovery Plan describes the IT framework and procedures to be activated in the event of a disaster occurring.

This DR Plan includes a 32 page Word template and 7 Excel spreadsheets as well as Business Impact Analysis, Damage Assessment Report and Test Report templates. It describes the IT framework and procedures to be activated in the event of a disaster occurring.

Use this Disaster Recovery Plan to achieve the following:

Minimize interruptions to normal operations
Limit the extent of disruption and damage
Minimize the economic impact of the interruption
Establish alternative means of operation in advance
Train personnel with emergency procedures
Provide for restoration of services

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This Disaster Recovery Plan will help you establish procedures to recover systems following a disruption.

This template allows you to:

Define Notification & Activation phases to detect and assess damage
Identify the activities, resources, and procedures needed during interruptions to normal operations.
Assign responsibilities to authorized personnel
Ensure coordination with staff who participate in the Disaster Recovery Planning.

Sample Screenshots

Chapter 1, Introduction

Chapter 2, Operations Profile

Chapter 3, Applications Profiles

DR Tasks – Objectives, Pre-conditions, Action Steps

Chapter 9, Return to Normal Operations

Damage Assessment Report

Disaster Recovery Test Report

Business Impact Analysis template

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7 Free Excel Templates

Desktop Inventory

Recovery Tasks – high level

Recovery Tasks – detailed

Communication Schedule

Responsibility Matrix

1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose
1.2 Applicability
1.3 Scope
1.4 Prerequisites
1.5 Pre-Arranged Disaster Recovery Site
1.6 Alternative Back-Up Sites
1.7 Disaster Recovery Policy
1.8 Business Impact Analysis

2 Operations Profile
2.1 System Description
2.2 Governance and Accountability
2.3 Roles & Responsibilities

3 Application profiles
3.1 Priority Systems
3.2 System Profiles

4 Inventory profile
4.1 Inventory Items
4.2 Misc Inventory Items

5 Notification & Activation Procedures
5.1 Criteria for activating the Disaster Recovery plan
5.1.1 Stage 1: Decision to Invoke Disaster Recovery Plan
5.1.2 Stage 2: Invoke Disaster Recovery Site
5.1.3 Stage 3: Contacting Third Party Recovery Team
5.1.4 Stage 4: Contacting the Operations Managers
5.1.5 Stage 5: Operations Team
5.1.6 Stage 6: Human Resources Manager
5.1.7 Stage 7: Remote Users
5.1.8 Stage 8: Communications Plan
5.1.9 Stage 9: Moving to the Site
5.1.10 Stage 10: On Site
5.2 Damage Assessment Procedure
5.3 Response Checklist
5.4 Follow-Up Checklist

6 Recovery Procedures
6.1 Disaster Recovery Task #1
6.2 Disaster Recovery Task #2

7 Testing & Maintenance Procedures
7.1 Testing Approaches
7.2 Testing Tasks
7.3 Schedule

8 Alternative Site Requirements
8.1 Office space
8.1.1 Work space
8.1.2 Meeting space
8.1.3 Storage space
8.1.4 Safe
8.2 Office equipment
8.2.1 Telephone
8.2.2 Fax
8.2.3 E-mail
8.2.4 Mail, courier, and messenger services
8.2.5 Stationery, photocopying, and other facilities
8.3 Computer equipment
8.3.1 Personal Computers
8.3.2 Printer
8.4 Non-Recovery Departments and Personnel

9 Return to Normal Operations
9.1 Original Site Restoration
9.2 Concurrent processing
9.3 Plan deactivation

10 Communications Plan
10.1 Communications Schedule
10.2 Message to Employees
10.3 Message to Clients

11 Appendices

What’s included in the template pack

The templates are in Microsoft Word and Excel and can be downloaded online for only $9.95.

The template pack includes the following documents:

Disaster Recovery Plan	32 page template
Business Impact Analysis	2 page template
Damage Assessment Report	1 page template
Test Report	1 page template
Communications Schedule	1 x worksheet
Desktop Inventory	1 x worksheet
Hardware Inventory	1 x worksheet
Inspection Report	1 x worksheet
Recovery Tasks	1 x worksheet
Responsibility Matrix	1 x worksheet