When Backup Was Running, But Recovery Had Never Been Tested

The challenge

Daily backups appeared to be completing, but nobody had recently tested whether critical files and application data could actually be restored. Management wanted confidence that backup status meant recoverability, not just successful job completion.

Our approach

Astek reviewed backup scope, retention, storage locations, recovery priorities and dependencies of the most critical workloads. The focus shifted from backup completed to recovery verified.

What Astek implemented

• Reviewed which servers, databases and file shares were actually protected.
• Defined retention and recovery priorities by workload importance.
• Separated production data from backup copies and improved backup-storage controls.
• Performed controlled restoration tests of selected files and application data.
• Documented a practical recovery sequence for future incidents.

Business outcome

The client gained a clearer recovery plan, verified restore capability and better understanding of what was protected. Backup became an auditable business-continuity control rather than a background IT task.