ProveRecovery

Quarterly Restore Drill

Restores one representative server to an isolated network and records how long each step really took.

Part of Ransomware restore drills

Tools

Veeam, CrowdStrike Falcon, Jira Service Management

Outcomes

Recovery time measured per step • Missing steps written down • Drill evidence stored with the result

Documentation

Instruction-ready detail below

<in:schedule>Every quarter</in:schedule>, restore one representative server to an isolated network, time each step, and <documents>write the runbook</documents> with whatever turned out to be missing.

Instruction file

<in:schedule>Every quarter</in:schedule>, restore one representative server to an isolated network, time each step, and <documents>write the runbook</documents> with whatever turned out to be missing.

Setup requirements

Tools

Veeam, CrowdStrike Falcon, Jira Service Management

Trigger

Every quarter, two weeks before the audit window

Setup time

30 minutes

Other automations in this workflow

File Restore Test

Pulls a known file back from backup and checks it opens, not just that the job reported success.

Recovery Readiness Check

Confirms the clean restore point and the break-glass credentials exist before an incident needs them.

Restore Drill Report

Turns the quarter's drill results into a one-page record with times, gaps and named owners.

Related workflows

Backup verification

Restores a real file and a real service on a schedule, so a green job status stops standing in for a proven recovery.

Incident triage

Turns an incoming alert into one case with an owner, a severity and a first decision, so response starts while the detail is still arriving.

Audit trails

Joins the scattered administrative change records into one timeline, so an auditor's question is a search rather than a fortnight of exports.

Download

Start with one instruction file.

Download the app and begin with drafts and checklists before you write anything back.

  • •Plain-language instructions
  • •Runs on your machine
  • •Works with your existing setup
  • •Reviewable activity history
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