Backup & DR Playbooks (RPO/RTO) 🧭

Plan recovery with clear objectives and tested workflows.

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Define objectives

  • RPO: acceptable data loss window

  • RTO: acceptable downtime window

Playbook (VM) ▶️

  1. Snapshot before changes

  2. Daily/weekly/monthly backups; label by app

  3. Restore test to staging quarterly

  4. Cutover using DNS/LB after validation

Playbook (K8s) ▶️

  • Backup stateful PVs and critical configs

  • Use Helm releases or GitOps to rehydrate

Checklist ✅

  • Contact list, escalation

  • Restore runbooks per app

  • Evidence of last successful test

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