Regardless of the storage media, devices, procedures, or organization, someone is (or should be) responsible for ensuring that all data backups completed without errors. In a large organization the duty can fall to someone within the Information Technology function. In this example, that someone is the Windows administrator. As a Windows administrator within that function and If and only if I had the authority, I would set up a personnel scheduling, reporting and certification system to log all backup media, its’s current location, its’ label and the backups destination. Since the backup is certified by the person completing the backup, it does provide assurance that the backup was completed. Ugly and brutal but it could be set up. I was able to find a management software tool on line that is designed to accomplish backups through an automated system. A third party cloud storage vendor called Code42 seems to offer a tool to manage backup function throughout the enterprise. Code42s’ …show more content…
I have not been able to identify a monitoring system that is scalable to a smaller office situation. In the small office environment several different users may be responsible for performing information system backups of their functions. I could discuss a backup system, probable losses and contingency plans with the owner, but the ultimate decision is the owners. I could educate and encourage the owner and the backup operators about the organizations need for backups and offer assistance to that person completing the backup tasks. Unfortunately, the responsibility for maintaining, or failing to maintain the backup, falls directly on the enterprise owner. I need to disclose that I have worked in small office environments for 30+ years and any data backups fell to department heads to complete. The only assurance was that when a failure occurred the department head was on the hot