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Backup, DR and Resilience

Backup and disaster recovery designs that are tested, documented and auditable.

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Start with a focused review of KBs, production constraints, and upgrade risk.

What this engagement helps you secure

Tested backup and DR with evidence for audits and real confidence

We design, implement and rehearse backup and disaster recovery procedures so your team can recover critical systems within agreed windows — and prove it.

Recovery you can prove

Rehearsed procedures and captured evidence give you confidence in recovery and something to hand auditors.

RTO/RPO aligned to business risk

Recovery targets are set based on what systems actually cost the business when they are down — not guesswork.

Reduced key-person dependency

Clear runbooks and named owners mean recovery does not depend on the one person who set up the backups.

Key benefits

What teams gain first

The first wins should be visible, structured, and tied to lower delivery risk.

Recovery you can prove

Rehearsed procedures and captured evidence give you confidence in recovery and something to hand auditors.

RTO/RPO aligned to business risk

Recovery targets are set based on what systems actually cost the business when they are down — not guesswork.

Reduced key-person dependency

Clear runbooks and named owners mean recovery does not depend on the one person who set up the backups.

Fewer escalating incidents

Teams that have practiced failover handle real incidents faster and with less panic.

The challenge

Backups that exist but have never been tested under pressure

Problem

The problem

Most teams have backups in place. Few have verified they can restore within the time the business actually requires — and fewer still have the runbooks and evidence auditors ask for.

xBackups exist but restores are untested or too slow for real recovery
xRTO/RPO are undefined or not matched to business criticality
xNo clear runbooks or named owners during incidents
xDR plans collapse when key people are unavailable
xAuditors request recovery evidence that current processes cannot produce

Solution

The solution

We design, implement and rehearse backup and disaster recovery procedures so your team can recover critical systems within agreed windows — and prove it.

Outcome

+Map critical systems and define RTO/RPO per application
+Implement or adjust backup, replication and retention policies for DBs, files and key services
+Design DR topologies with clear failover steps and tested data flows
+Create runbooks and communication plans with named owners
+Run rehearsals, capture evidence and close gaps

How we work

Our approach

Controlled delivery with senior engineers who know your stack.

Assessment

We review current backups, restore times and monitoring gaps to understand where recovery would fail today.

Audit backup policies, retention and restore test history

Map critical systems and their recovery dependencies

Identify gaps between current state and audit or regulatory requirements

Design and implement

We close the gaps — adjusting policies, designing DR topologies and building runbooks with your team.

Define RTO/RPO per system aligned to business impact

Implement backup adjustments and DR topology (warm/cold)

Create runbooks with named owners and communication plans

Rehearse and hand over

We run drills, document the evidence and leave your team able to repeat tests without external help.

Execute recovery rehearsals with debrief and gap closure

Capture and package evidence for audits

Hand over runbooks and schedule so your team owns the cadence

Proof points

Measured outcomes

Fewer incidents

Quarter-over-quarter reduction for a regional bank through a core migration — observability hardening and clear incident ownership drove the result

DR plans never fully tested

Most documented DR procedures have never been exercised under realistic failure conditions — a pattern we address in the first rehearsal

0–10 weeks

To first rehearsed DR

Typical time from initial assessment through design, implementation and first recovery rehearsal

Backups and DR plans that look complete on paper often fail their first real test. This service is for teams that need tested recovery procedures with documented evidence — not assumptions about what would work under pressure.

Proof from the field

For a regional bank maintaining digital channels through a core migration, Eximus hardened critical services, introduced observability for key transaction flows and ran DR rehearsals before each major milestone. The result: zero unplanned downtime during the migration window and 32% fewer incidents quarter over quarter. See the Resilient Digital Banking case study for the full account.

What we bring

Engineers who have rehearsed DR in live banking environments — not just designed plans on whiteboards. We produce runbooks that work when someone is under pressure, and evidence packages designed to satisfy regulators in Europe and LATAM.

Proof from the field

Client references for this capability

Banking & Finance

Keeping digital banking resilient through a core migration

Zero downtime during migration, 32% fewer incidents, and stronger recovery readiness.

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This service is part of a broader solution

Context on this topic

How to protect operations in GeneXus, Bantotal, SQL and Azure without turning every change into a business risk.

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FAQ

Common questions

SQL Server, Azure SQL, file stores, Azure Blob and common SaaS dependencies. If you have other critical systems, we assess them during the initial review.

Next step

Want DR you can actually trust?

We start with a quick check of current backups and recent incidents, then plan the first rehearsal.

No lock-inSenior engineersEN + ES delivery

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