So you have a process in place to backup your data? Wonderful. But if disaster strikes, are you confident you can recover the data from your backups? If you are not sure, now is the time to check.
I have seen, on several occasions, where people do have a backup system in place, but the data inside the backups is not recoverable. Usually this happens because the wrong data was backed up (X data was supposed to be backed up, but Y data was instead) or the data itself was backed up incorrectly (locks blocking the file, etc.). To prevent this, you should occasionally verify your data backups. Try to recover either the most important or some random data from your backups to make sure everything works as expected.
Taking a few minutes every so often gives you good piece of mind your data backups are working as they should and you won’t be stuck with 2 disasters.
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