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Backup Monitoring & Testing
Backup software reports success far more often than backups succeed. You only see the difference if someone is looking.
We monitor every backup job and follow up on the failures, including the quiet ones: a server that dropped off the schedule, a database that was open during the copy, a new server nobody added to the backup, or a job reporting success against a target that's been empty for weeks.
On a schedule, we restore from backup into an isolated environment and confirm the data comes back usable. Restoring is the only test that proves a backup works, which we cover in the backup you have is not the backup you think you have.
You get the results either way, and a month where something failed is the one you most need to hear about. The Backups Were the First Thing Encrypted shows what happens when nobody checks.
Backup monitoring is part of our backup and business continuity services, and it pairs with disaster recovery planning so restored data has a plan behind it. If we already manage your IT, backup and recovery explains how the backups themselves are set up.
What We Include in Backup Monitoring & Testing
- Daily monitoring of every backup job, with failures followed up.
- Scheduled test restores into an isolated environment.
- A check that restored data is usable.
- Coverage gaps flagged when a new server or service appears.
- A plain summary of what's protected and how far back it goes.
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Questions About Backup Monitoring & Testing
Our software says the backups are fine. Is that enough?
It's a good sign, and it doesn't prove much. Backup software reports whether the job ran. It doesn't report whether the data inside would restore, and those two come apart more often than people expect, which is why the test restore exists.
How often should restores be tested?
Often enough that a problem surfaces inside a window you can live with. For most businesses that's a full test quarterly with lighter checks in between, and the right schedule depends on how much data you can afford to lose.
Part of Backup & Business Continuity
Backups we test by restoring from them, so the first real test isn't the day you need them.
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