(CMMS) Tips – Backup
The step most organizations miss is relying upon the IT department to perform a backup of the server or central computer system.
Of course backups are important, however, a central backup should not replace the data backup process.
For example, if you identify the date the equipment started, and the cost to replace a piece of equipment, Capital Replacement Programming becomes a Microsoft Excel exercise of comparing maintenance costs against replacement costs for the financial analyst of the organization.
It is extremely important that a process be established to perform a backup of the data only. In the event something goes wrong in a particular table, only that information needs to be restored and not an entire system or database.
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What is the status of the backup process within your IT organization? Are procedures documented, verified and monitored? TRO can review the backup practices within your IT organization.