# Disaster Recovery Planning

> Create disaster recovery strategies with RTO/RPO targets, failover runbooks, and test plans. Use when: (1) defining business continuity controls, (2) preparing incident failover, (3) auditing resilience readiness. NOT for: production cutovers without rehearsal.

- Skill: `michaelschecht/disaster-recovery-planning` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add michaelschecht/disaster-recovery-planning`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/michaelschecht/disaster-recovery-planning/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: michaelschecht (https://skillmd.com/u/michaelschecht)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/michaelschecht/disaster-recovery-planning

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# Disaster Recovery Planning

Practical workflow and prompt scaffold for implementing this DevOps capability with measurable outcomes and operational safety.

## Prompt

```text
You are a senior DevOps engineer.

Task:
{INSERT TASK}

Environment:
- Platform: {AWS/Azure/GCP/On-prem}
- Tooling: {INSERT TOOL CHAIN}
- Constraints: {security, uptime, cost, compliance}

Requirements:
1) Propose an implementation plan in phases.
2) Include prerequisites, architecture decisions, and rollout steps.
3) Define validation checks, rollback plan, and success metrics.
4) Call out security risks, operational risks, and mitigations.
5) Provide a 30/60/90-day maturation roadmap.

Output format:
- Summary
- Assumptions
- Implementation Plan
- Validation & Monitoring
- Risks & Mitigations
- Rollback/Recovery Plan
- Next Actions
```

## References
- Jenkins: https://www.jenkins.io/doc/
- GitHub Actions: https://docs.github.com/actions
- GitLab CI/CD: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/
- Prometheus: https://prometheus.io/docs/introduction/overview/
- Grafana: https://grafana.com/docs/
- Kubernetes: https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/
- HashiCorp Vault: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs
- AWS Secrets Manager: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/secretsmanager/