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Information Technology Disaster Recovery Plan
August 26, 2002
Introduction
The Information Technology Disaster Recovery Plan follows, and is considered part of the larger university EmergencyResponse Plan. Under that plan, an emergency event will be identified and verified through standard and documented university procedures and a response effort will be triggered as a result. The responsewill be communicated through the Critical Incident Communications Management Plan. Once the communication has been received in the Office of Information Technology, the IT staff will implement theprocedures in the Information Technology Handbook.

Based on the environment we have built, as described above, our goal is to return normal services in less than twelve hours, as long as there hasnot been damage to major facilities or equipment (particularly the Dodge Data Center). A facility intact disaster can be controlled through the systems planning, redundancy and security that we havebuilt into our environment. A damaged facility requires different action and scheduled replacement of facilities or equipment may proceed after an initial 48 hours for insurance documentation andassessment. The decision to move to the alternative facility will be made under existing Emergency Response Plan and Information Technology Handbook procedures.

Plan Activation
An emergency will bedetermined under the Emergency Response Plan and notification will be received under Critical Incident Communications Management Plan. The Information Technology Handbook procedures will befollowed. If the Catastrophe Action Profile of the Handbook is initiated, this Information Technology Disaster Recovery Plan will be initiated by the convening of the Disaster Recovery Team.

DisasterRecovery Team
The Disaster Recovery Team will be assembled and apprised of the damage to resources and facilities. This group will represent the Office of Information Technology in university...