Disaster Recovery Drill Agent
Schedules and executes simulated failover drills against disaster recovery plans, measuring actual recovery time against targets and documenting gaps for remediation.
Disaster recovery plans are frequently written once, filed away, and never actually tested under realistic conditions, meaning organizations don't discover a plan's gaps until a real disaster strikes and recovery takes far longer than the documented recovery time objective
Running a DR drill manually requires coordinating multiple teams, carefully simulating failure conditions without impacting production, and meticulously documenting what worked and what didn't, a heavy lift that causes drills to be deprioritized or skipped
Even when drills happen, findings often live in a static after-action report that nobody revisits to confirm remediation actually happened before the next drill
This agent schedules and orchestrates DR failover drills against defined recovery plans, measures actual recovery time and data loss against targets, and tracks every identified gap through to verified remediation
The agent schedules drills against the organization's documented DR plans and, at execution time, orchestrates the simulated failover sequence in an isolated or controlled environment, triggering each documented recovery step and timing its completion. It compares actual recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) performance against documented targets, captures any step that failed or deviated from the plan, and generates a detailed after-action report with specific remediation recommendations. Identified gaps are tracked as tickets through to closure and re-verified in the next scheduled drill.
Schedule and Prepare Drills
- Schedule recurring DR drills against each documented recovery plan
- Notify participating teams and stakeholders ahead of drill execution
- Prepare isolated or controlled test environments to avoid production impact
- Confirm drill scope and success criteria before execution
Execute the Failover Simulation
- Trigger each documented recovery step in sequence
- Time completion of each step against the documented plan
- Capture any deviation, failure, or manual workaround needed
- Simulate realistic failure conditions relevant to the plan being tested
Measure Against Targets
- Compare actual recovery time against the documented RTO
- Assess actual data loss against the documented RPO
- Identify which specific steps consumed the most recovery time
- Flag any step that required undocumented manual intervention
Document and Track Remediation
- Generate a detailed after-action report with findings and recommendations
- Create tracked tickets for every identified gap
- Monitor remediation progress until closure
- Re-verify closed gaps in the next scheduled drill