A disaster recovery plan is something every company should have but hope it never needs to actually execute. Nonetheless, the plan must be thorough in identifying all steps necessary for keeping critical systems functional during a disaster, it must consider all possible contingencies, and it must be tested. The backup generator failure at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in Sylmar in mid-November, a result of wildfire ravaging the area, is a good reminder that even diligent DR planning and testing cannot always guarantee that DR plans will work as intended. Despite being tested as recently as three days before the fire, the hospital’s backup power plant failed because of a fuel pump problem, jeopardizing the care of more than 200 patients.
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