Disaster recovery phases

1. Activation Phase: In this phase, the disaster effects are assessed and announced.


The activation phase involves:

• Notification procedures

• Damage assessment

• Disaster recovery activation planning

2. Execution Phase: Recovery operations begin just following the disaster recovery plan has been activated, suitable operations staff has been notified and suitable teams have been mobilized. The activities of this phase concentrate on bringing up the disaster recovery system. Depending on the recovery strategies define in the plan; these functions could contain momentary manual processing, recovery and operation on an alternate system, or relocation and recovery at an alternate site.


3. Reconstitution Phase: In this phase the original system is restored and execution phase procedures are stopped.

The following main activities arise in this phase:

• Shut down the incident system

• Terminate incident operations

• make sure that all needed infrastructure services, such as power, water, telecommunications, security, environmental controls, office equipment, and supplies, are outfitted

• Secure, eliminate, and relocate all sensitive materials at the incident site

• Place for operations staff to return to the original facility

• Constantly monitor the site or facility's fitness for reoccupation

• confirm that the site is free from after effects of the disaster and that there are no more threats

• create connectivity among internal and external systems

• Test system operations to ensure full functionality

• Install system hardware, software, and firmware