RE: Pandemonium at Hot-sites

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

I  don't  think it is a pitch  either .  More an  East Coast - FLOYD experience. The part  about having a plan  and testing it now Vs under reactive  pressures is excellent thought for all. It should  go beyond  MIS & DR to include the entire business continuity plan

Dean Assmussen has been  very  silent  from North Carolina.  
Bet  he is till out there  helping  others recover  from the damages.

Rob Berendt  wrote:
>Maybe he is related to the DR business, (I don't know), but I didn't think that his advice was a pitch.
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>Lurton.Keel@serx.com on 09/28/99 06:21:03 PM
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>Sales pitch.
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>		-----Original Message-----
>		From:	Peter H. O'Connor [mailto:PHOC@compuserve.com]
>		Sent:	Tuesday, September 28, 1999 3:53 PM
>		To:	MIDRANGE-L@MIDRANGE.COM
>		Subject:	Pandemonium at Hot-sites
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>		Hundreds of companies were forced to go to Hot-Sites by
>Hurricane Floyd. 
>		Now, they had to recover their systems.  Unfortunately, 85%
>of these
>		companies had a 2nd disaster at the Hot-site; their systems
>were not
>		rebuild correctly.  Most companies (75% of the 85%) did NOT
>know that they
>		had a problem until users notified them or things did not
>work.  Disaster
>		Recovery plans went up in smoke.  Pandemonium was every
>where. Hours of
>		wasted Time and Money!   Raid/Mirroring etc. did not help at
>all.  It only
>		proves that even if you have mirroring or raid you are not
>100% safe!  
>		Many companies have/had a false sense of security because of
>mirroring and
>		raid.  Ask some of the companies in SC, NC and NJ.  
>
>		Disaster Recovery Planning is mandatory.  Companies that go
>to a Hot-site
>		for testing after doing an option 21 are only fooling
>themselves.  That is
>		NOT a way to test.    How many of these 100s AS/400s just
>had an option21
>		before going to a hot-site?  A true D/R test should be
>unannounced.  A D/R
>		plan should be tested as if a real disaster happened.  When
>you are in a
>		row boat is NOT the time to asking yourself if you have all
>the material
>		need for the hot-site!   Start planning.  Learn from others
>mistakes.  Some
>		day it might happen to your company.  Start thinking about a
>plan, testing
>		a plan now!
>
>		Peter H. O'Connor
>		PAE Inc.
>		978-744-8612
>		www.paeinc.com
>
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Regards,



Glenn
Ph. (718)898-9805
mailto:Glenn-Ericson@att.net
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