Backup and Disaster Recovery

Purpose

Design and implement backup strategies and disaster recovery plans with defined RPO/RTO, the 3-2-1 rule, automation, validation, and cloud DR patterns.

Agent Protocol

Trigger

Exact user phrases: "backup", "disaster recovery", "DR", "RPO", "RTO", "backup strategy", "3-2-1 rule", "business continuity", "failover", "failback", "snapshot", "backup automation".

Input Context

Before activating, verify:

• Infrastructure type (on-prem VMs, cloud instances, Kubernetes, databases, files).
• Current RPO/RTO targets (recovery point/time objectives).
• Compliance requirements (HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2, GDPR — determines retention).
• Budget for backup storage and DR infrastructure.
• Criticality tier: Tier 1 (minutes RPO), Tier 2 (hours), Tier 3 (days).
• Existing backup tools (Veeam, Rubrik, Commvault, cloud-native).