Can anyone tell me of what to expect? I've been nominated to join a team of unix admins to do a DR testing. we already have the guys who are gono be doing the restores. besides the restore, anybody know what else to look forward to??
Disaster Recovery can mean many things. It sounds like you are going to take backup tapes to an off-site box and load them on. How well that goes depends on how identical the off-site box is to your system and how well your apps are designed.
Don't be discouraged if this doesn't go well the first time you try it. Your first go at this will expose any hidden problems. That's all you should expect from the first try.
DR is never as easy as seems it should be.
i just created/implamented a complete DR plan here at my work for the unix machines. we start testing in about a month.
i hate documenting stuff.
everything should be labeled out for you. so all you do is follow the instructions to a T and dont improvise. if you have to do something that is not in the document make a note of it and make sure you tell the project lead.