Need some help preparing for a interview focusing on disaster recovery

The Shadow

Hi all,

I've got an interview lined up for next week, and the disaster recovery is going to be a huge part of the interview. The only disaster recovery I've done is backing up server images to hard disk cartridges, documenting what steps need to be done in order to restore the backups, and testing the backups every few months.

This is for a mid-level systems administrator job for a company of about 200 people with about 60 servers.

I really want WOW them, this job lead really did come out of nowhere. Plus, it seems like a great company to get some more experience (which I desperately need).

Thanks again everyone for all of your help, insight, and support. I deeply appreciate it.

Here is the job description:

• Windows server administration (Windows server 2003)
• Backups/DR: they’re planning on improving their DR policy but in the meantime they want someone who can do tape and disk backups
• Virtualization: create, move, and administer virtual machines (VMware and Hyper-V)
• Active Directory: create and move users, group policies, etc.

Here is a list projects that they're currently working on:

• SAN upgrade
• Enterprise monitoring
• Backup/Recovery
• VM migration (Windows)
• Active Directory consolidation
• Network Upgrade

dave330i

Check out http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/practical_guide_bcdr_vmb.pdf. It's 200+ pages covering BC/DR pretty well.

The Shadow

dave330i wrote: »

Check out http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/practical_guide_bcdr_vmb.pdf. It's 200+ pages covering BC/DR pretty well.

Will do. Thanks!

ChooseLife

I would suggest getting a copy of Shon Harris' CISSP All-in-One book (your local library should have an older edition if you don't want to shell out money) and reading the chapter on Business Continuity and Disaster Recover. It provides a nice framework for approaching DR as a project.

This is another great resource:
Contingency Planning Guide for
Federal Information Systems