Baifront Backup & Disaster Recovery Blog

Restore tests are where backup plans prove they work. You don’t need to risk production to get real confidence.

1. Pick a low-impact system: a non-critical VM, a small app, or a test DB with fake data.
2. Restore somewhere safe: to a lab subnet, isolated host, or sandbox account—never overwrite the source.
3. Restore a point-in-time: choose a snapshot that matters (yesterday’s daily, last week’s weekly, etc.).
4. Validate the restore: boot it, log in, run a quick health check, and confirm key services start.
5. Measure time: note start/end time and any waiting on storage/network throughput.
6. Document: record what worked, what failed, and what needs tuning (retention, SLA, network, capacity).

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