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Weekly Backup Verification SOP
A weekly routine to make sure backups ran, are complete, and can actually be restored.
- Open the backup dashboard
- Confirm every scheduled job ran in the last 7 days
Note any failures or warnings.
- Investigate and re-run failed jobs
- Check storage space at the backup destination
Plan expansion before it passes 80%.
- Do a test restore of one file
Restore to an alternate location and open it.
- Confirm off-site/cloud copy is current
- Log the check
Date, who checked, failures and actions taken.
Tips
- A backup that has never been test-restored is a hope, not a backup.
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