We had a management course in the university where this was one of the main things they highlighted:
Managers faults are the managers fault.
Employees faults are the managers fault. Without exception.
And if you think about it, that’s completely true. If an employee does something stupid, it’s most of the time because they a) had the opportunity to do it and b) they weren’t taught well enough. If the employee keeps doing this mistake, the manager is at fault because he allows the employee to do the job where he can make the mistake. He obviously isn’t fit for that position.
The only way to test restoring a backup is to actually restore it. And for that, you do need spare hardware.
So, to answer your question, I don’t test my home backups either. I reckon pretty much no one is dedicated enough to do that.
I’m hoping, if shit really hits the fan that I can still pick out my important files and just manually re-setup the rest of the system. So, with a longer downtime in that sense.
That strategy is just absolutely not viable for companies, where downtimes are more expensive than spare hardware, and where you really can’t tell users you restored some files, they should do the rest.
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If the company gave a noob unlimited access and can’t restore their data from backups, it’s really their fault, not the employee’s.
We had a management course in the university where this was one of the main things they highlighted:
Managers faults are the managers fault.
Employees faults are the managers fault. Without exception.
And if you think about it, that’s completely true. If an employee does something stupid, it’s most of the time because they a) had the opportunity to do it and b) they weren’t taught well enough. If the employee keeps doing this mistake, the manager is at fault because he allows the employee to do the job where he can make the mistake. He obviously isn’t fit for that position.
And people wonder why manager is paid more
When’s the last time you tested backup restore and how long did it take?
“Eh, go away. I suppose it’ll work flawlessly. I’ll test it if I need it. I’ll have to look into the procedure anyways. Get off my back!”
0, thanks for asking.
Seriously though, how are you guys testing your home backups? I don’t have a spare Synology nas sitting around or spare 16tb drives.
The only way to test restoring a backup is to actually restore it. And for that, you do need spare hardware.
So, to answer your question, I don’t test my home backups either. I reckon pretty much no one is dedicated enough to do that.
I’m hoping, if shit really hits the fan that I can still pick out my important files and just manually re-setup the rest of the system. So, with a longer downtime in that sense.
That strategy is just absolutely not viable for companies, where downtimes are more expensive than spare hardware, and where you really can’t tell users you restored some files, they should do the rest.