For those running PostgreSQL on Kubernetes with an operator such as CloudNativePG, Zalando, or Crunchy, how do you confirm that your backups are genuinely restorable? A successful backup…
Do you regularly verify that your backups can actually be restored? If so, how often do you run restore or disaster-recovery tests, and what do those tests cover?…
Compute, networking, secrets, policies, and even Kubernetes resources are commonly stored in version control, reviewed through pull requests, and reconciled automatically. Backups often seem to be the exception,…
I'm not completely confident in the restoration process for some of our backups. I believe I could recover the systems, but it would probably take several hours and…
I'm not completely confident in the restoration process for some of the backups in my environment. I believe I could recover the systems, but I suspect it would…
A restore document can pass review while its commands, credentials, storage paths, dependencies, and recovery assumptions quietly drift. What testing cadence and evidence make a restore runbook trustworthy…
A restore document can look correct during review while its commands, credentials, storage paths, dependencies, or recovery assumptions quietly drift. What testing cadence and evidence are enough to…
People often repeat that an untested backup is not really a backup, but many teams still seem to rely on backups without ever performing a restore test. How…
I review our backup jobs in Veeam about once a week, usually on Mondays. I've heard that restore testing is commonly recommended at least quarterly, but I'm curious…