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Disaster Recovery Testing

Disaster Recovery Testing

Disaster Recovery Testing • Approaches – – • CO-LO Arrangement DR Site Subscription (3

Disaster Recovery Testing • Approaches – – • CO-LO Arrangement DR Site Subscription (3 rd Party) Self Hosted Others? Pros and Cons to approaches listed – – – $$ Technical Expertise Maintenance Communication Bandwidth Others? R e m e e b m r c Se u y rit !

Disaster Recovery Testing • Data Replication Methods (Miser and Supporting Systems) – – –

Disaster Recovery Testing • Data Replication Methods (Miser and Supporting Systems) – – – • RDB VTS Non Miser Data Replication Options i. e. Commvault etc. SAN Combinations Others? Pros and Cons to Replication Methods – – $$ Complexity/Ease of Use Recovery Process Others?

Disaster Recovery Testing • Automation – – Customized Scripts SMA Op/Con (Enterprise Scheduler) •

Disaster Recovery Testing • Automation – – Customized Scripts SMA Op/Con (Enterprise Scheduler) • – – • See VYSTAR CU for more on Op. Con and how the automated close to 100% of the recovery process!!! B&L Scheduler Others? Real Life Experience – Let’s Talk!! – – Deb Slavens (United Federal Credit Union) dslavens@unitedfcu. com Michael Jahn (Eastern Savings Bank) mjahn@easternsavingsbank. com Fred Mc. Cardell (Jean D’ Arc Credit Union) fred. mccardell@jdcu. com Open

About Us United Federal Credit Union • • • Established in 1949 HQ in

About Us United Federal Credit Union • • • Established in 1949 HQ in St. Joseph, Michigan Asset size 1. 5 Billion 118, 000+ Members 23 branches in six states 480 + employees

Disaster Recovery Solution United Federal Credit Union • DR Handled In-House • 2 Metered

Disaster Recovery Solution United Federal Credit Union • DR Handled In-House • 2 Metered FS 1800 machines • AT&T OPT-E-MAN circuit to DR location (200+ shared Megabits/sec) • Unisys RDB • RDB configured for Audit Block Write Mode utilizing BNA

Testing Strategy: Prepare Environment United Federal Credit Union Enable Remote Log Backup Replicate production

Testing Strategy: Prepare Environment United Federal Credit Union Enable Remote Log Backup Replicate production interfaces Enable and configure RDB Load copy of production Produce activity TEST User code Run nightly production

Testing Strategy: Transaction Center United Federal Credit Union

Testing Strategy: Transaction Center United Federal Credit Union

Testing Strategy: Database Operation Center United Federal Credit Union View remote auditing status on

Testing Strategy: Database Operation Center United Federal Credit Union View remote auditing status on MISDB and ATMDB Verify ABSN on secondary DB matches current ABSN of the primary DB Perform host takeover

Future Strategy United Federal Credit Union Perform Takeover in a Production Environment Develop Dynamic

Future Strategy United Federal Credit Union Perform Takeover in a Production Environment Develop Dynamic DNS for Third Party Vendors Alternate Production Between Hosts

Q&A United Federal Credit Union

Q&A United Federal Credit Union

Disaster Recovery Testing • • Notes Key Contacts and Follow up R e m

Disaster Recovery Testing • • Notes Key Contacts and Follow up R e m e e b m r c Se u y rit !

THANK YOU Brad Grant bgrant@wingsfinancial. com 952 -997 -8198

THANK YOU Brad Grant bgrant@wingsfinancial. com 952 -997 -8198