Continuity of operations planning (COOP) prepares an organization to keep critical business functions running during and after disasters. Disaster recovery restores services; COOP focuses on sustaining operations and limiting downtime. section 14.2.2
A practical COOP and recovery documentation effort gathers:
- Server and service inventories, including roles, configurations, and infrastructure details. section 14.2.2
- Backup methods, schedules, storage locations, and supporting software or services. section 14.2.2
- Recovery Time Objectives and Recovery Point Objectives for each server or application. section 14.2.2
Start with a structured request
“I’m a MySQL DBA at an organization with about 100 servers. I’ve been asked to deliver disaster recovery documentation. What information do you need from me?” An AI service can turn this prompt into a checklist for building the documentation, which still requires review and organization-specific details. section 14.2.2
Figure 14.2 A humorous depiction of unpreparedness in crisis
Use the unpreparedness illustration as a reminder that planning reduces confusion during a crisis. section 14.2.2
