{"id":1273,"date":"2023-08-17T18:08:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T18:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proximabiz.com\/?p=1273"},"modified":"2023-08-17T18:10:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T18:10:56","slug":"backup-cloud-repatriation-what-are-the-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/backup-cloud-repatriation-what-are-the-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Backup Cloud Repatriation | What Are The Best Practices?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Organizations are occasionally leaving cloud-based backup services to resume an on-premises workflow. There are several factors that can cause an organization to want to leave the cloud including security, cost, management, compliance issues and more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Following these steps, as well as careful planning and coordination with your vendors and carriers, should ensure a smooth transition of your backup environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why you should backup your data<\/b><\/p>\n

Reasons for backup cloud repatriation might include the following:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Financial. In the event of a reduction in budget funds.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Operational. Management decision to centralize all IT functions.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Security. Breach occurring at the cloud provider.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Strategic. Merger or acquisition by another company that does not use cloud-based services.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    How to back up your data<\/b><\/p>\n

    Assuming your organization is in the position of moving its backup activities from a cloud-based service to local storage, consider the following tips to ensure a smooth backup cloud repatriation transition:<\/span><\/p>\n

    Examine the current backup approach. Also, look at the schedule to determine how it will change in an on-site backup environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Review current recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives. This ensures the on-site backup arrangement can support those metrics.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Check capacity. Ensure the storage resources receiving the systems and data have sufficient capacity to accommodate your backed-up assets following the backup cloud repatriation.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Secure equipment. Locate the backup equipment in a secure space, with restricted access to the equipment, and sufficient HVAC facilities and fire detection and extinguishment equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Examine power availability. Ensure sufficient primary and backup power is available, in the form of uninterruptible power system devices and external emergency power, such as a diesel or propane gas generator.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Ensure there is rack space. Ensure there is sufficient space on existing racks in the data center for the storage devices. If not, install additional racks.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Configure devices properly. If the backup arrangement uses a SAN, NAS or RAID arrangement, be sure those devices are properly configured and tested prior to being placed into production.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Create a migration schedule. Work with your cloud vendor to organize a schedule for migrating systems and data, determining which assets should transition first and those that can migrate later. Ensure that the security of systems and data is maintained.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Review network requirements. Work with your network services carrier to see what reconfigurations or reductions in service will be needed as a result of the backup cloud repatriation. Include those changes as part of the overall migration cutover plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Prepare a cutover plan. Work with your vendors and carriers to prepare a cutover plan for a smooth transition. In such a plan, you would do the following:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Install and configure the new backup resources.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Execute the phased migration.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Test the backup technology to ensure backups are performed and confirmed.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Launch the new backup schedule.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Document the backup procedures.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Review the new backup arrangement with management and employees as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Update backup policies as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Update business continuity, disaster recovery and other relevant plans as needed.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Schedule an initial test of backup services within one month of the completed backup cloud repatriation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1273"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1277,"href":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1273\/revisions\/1277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepongroup.com\/proxima\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}