Backup and Disaster Recovery

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Recovery Objectives (Target)

Identity core services: RTO 4 hours, RPO 24 hours
Monitoring stack: RTO 8 hours, RPO 24 hours
Non-critical workloads: RTO 24 hours, RPO 48 hours

Backup Scope

VM snapshots and configuration exports.
Critical configuration backups (firewall, AD metadata, monitoring configs).
Documentation and change records in source-controlled copies.

Recovery Sequence

Recover virtualization host and storage availability first.
Restore AD and DNS services to stabilize identity dependencies.
Recover firewall/routing policies and validate segmentation.
Restore monitoring stack and confirm alert pipeline integrity.

Testing Cadence

Quarterly partial restore drills.
Semi-annual full recovery simulation and runbook updates.