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rganization A was a large company with many production sites organized in regions. All production sites and regional offices were attached to the star and cluster network emanating from the computer centre based at head office. In addition to the midrange computers, each production site was controlled, to a greater or lesser extent, by process computers. The approach taken in this case study is of a whole business resumption plan to cover the business computers, the process computers and the loss of head office accommodation and facilities. The disaster recovery plan details, by application, the action to be taken at each of seven levels of disaster. Only a few different examples of these are included in this article.
ORGANIZATION A: DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN 1. Disaster recovery principles
This section covers the basic structure of the company's recovery plan. More detailed description and procedures are contained in subsequent sections.
Organization
As the tinting and scope of a disaster are not predictable there will generally not be nominated individuals identified to undertake specific tasks. However, overall control in the event of a disaster will be assumed by a disaster committee, which will be composed of a number of board members assisted by the company secretary and other managers as available or required. (Responsibilities of the disaster committee are described in section 4.1.) MIS will be responsible for organizing provision of appropriate computing facilities within the parameters defined in section 4.1 of the manual. Day to day operations will be maintained by various disaster recovery groups working to the procedures defined in section 4.2 of the manual. A disaster recovery group will be a department or departments