Disaster Recovery Plan Testing Templates and Checklist

There are two main part of Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) Testing:
I. Conducting a recovery test
II. Areas to be tested
below samples of DRP testing templates and checklists

1. Select the purpose of the test. What aspects of the plan are being evaluated?
2. Describe the objectives of the test. How will you measure successful achievement of the objectives?
3. Meet with management and explain the test and objectives. Gain their agreement and support.
4. Have management announce the test and the expected completion time.
5. Collect test results at the end of the test period.
6. Evaluate results. Was recovery successful? Why or why not?
7. Determine the implications of the test results. Does successful recovery in a simple case imply successful recovery for all critical jobs in the tolerable outage period?
8. Make recommendations for changes. Call for responses by a given date.
9. Notify other areas of results. Include users and auditors.
10. Change the disaster recovery plan manual as necessary.