Can the team turn it into a working website? Rehearse a restore before an outage forces you to discover what is missing.
Include the database, uploads, application and required configuration.
Identify the external services the website needs.
Agree how much recent data loss is tolerable and how long recovery may take. Use those limits to judge the rehearsal.
Restore into a protected environment.
Block live payments and outgoing customer messages before running application checks.
Open images, inspect sample records and test key workflows.
A completed database import does not prove the whole website works.
Note the backup date, restore duration, missing items and access problems.
Give each correction an owner and update the recovery notes.
Rehearse a website recovery in a separate environment, check key functions and record whether the result meets your downtime and data-loss limits.
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