Jump-Start RACI Matrix

  • Customer Data
    Any data or information included as part of the Customer’s use of the Customer Environment, including information derived from that data.

    Customer Environment
    The server infrastructure, applications, cloud services and supporting systems owned, leased or consumed by the Customer to provide the Customer’s IT services.

    Cloud Platform
    The cloud environment used to deliver the Jump-Start service, including Microsoft Azure where specified in the service contract.

    Recovery Landing Zone
    The clean, isolated cloud environment configured to host recovered Customer workloads during a disaster, cyber incident or recovery exercise.

    Recovered Systems
    Customer servers, services, applications and associated data recovered into the Recovery Landing Zone.

    Backup Data
    The backup datasets, recovery points or other source data used to recover Customer workloads into the Recovery Landing Zone.

    Jump-Start Service
    The Databarracks service that prepares, deploys and supports a Recovery Landing Zone for rapid recovery into the Cloud Platform.

  • Applicability
    This RACI is applicable to Jump-Start services where Databarracks provides a cloud-based Recovery Landing Zone to support recovery of Customer workloads following a disaster, cyber incident, outage or recovery exercise.

    The separate Backup RACI also applies to the relevant service.

    LetterMeaningDescription
    RResponsibleThose who do the work to achieve the task.
    AAccountableThose who are ultimately accountable for the correct and thorough completion of the deliverable or task, and the one to whom Responsible is accountable.
    CConsultedThose whose opinions are sought; and with whom there is two-way communication.
    IInformedThose who are kept up-to-date on progress, often only on completion of the task or deliverable; and with whom there is just one-way communication.
  • Service DescriptionRACI
    Design of service for end customerDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Define recovery scope, workload priorities and dependenciesCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Provide Databarracks with required technical information, credentials and access for onboardingCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Provision and configure Recovery Landing ZoneDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Configure networking, security controls and governance for the Recovery Landing ZoneDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Configure connectivity between the backups and Recovery Landing ZoneDatabarracksDatabarracks
    Document recovery process, escalation route and operational contactsDatabarracks & CustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Conduct managed failover exercises with customer including any troubleshooting and post-exercise optimisations or configuration requiredDatabarracks & CustomerDatabarracksCustomer
  • Service DescriptionRACI
    Dealing with Microsoft Azure / Cloud Platform provider if outage or service degradation affects the Recovery Landing ZoneDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Maintenance and deployment of the Recovery Landing ZoneDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Inform Databarracks of planned changes to Customer Environment, applications, identity, security or networking that may affect recoveryCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Maintain recoverable Backup Data and recovery points for workloads in scopeDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Review Cloud Platform consumption, service configuration and applicable cost impactsCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
  • Service DescriptionRACI
    Invoke Jump-Start following a live incident or authorised recovery decisionCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Identify a single Customer point of contact with authority to make recovery decisionsCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Confirm recovered systems / servers priority orderCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Deploy or activate the Recovery Landing ZoneDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Recovery of systems into the Recovery Landing ZoneDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Configure Recovery Landing Zone firewall, routing and access changes needed for recovered systemsDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Maintain Customer-controlled DNS, identity and user access changes needed to use recovered systemsCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Validate recovered applications, services and dataCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Communicate recovery status to end users and Customer stakeholdersCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
  • Service DescriptionRACI
    Software licensing for recovered systems and applicationsCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Software management and patching from the Operating System upwardsCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Application and service monitoring and alertingCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Monitoring and management of Recovery Landing Zone components under Databarracks managementDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Recovery of server if failure occurs in the Recovery Landing ZoneDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Customer user access, identity administration and application administrationCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Legal, compliance, governance and regulatory obligations for systems running in DRCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Installation of backup software and operation of backups for recovered systems in the Cloud Platform, where requiredDatabarracks & CustomerDatabarracksCustomer
    Cloud Platform consumption costs while running in DRCustomerCustomer
  • Service DescriptionRACI
    Choose and confirm date for failbackCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Plan failback from the Recovery Landing Zone to the existing or new Customer EnvironmentDatabarracks & CustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Prepare the target Customer Environment for failbackDatabarracks & CustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Recover or synchronise data from the Recovery Landing Zone to the target Customer EnvironmentDatabarracks & CustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Execute failback to the target Customer EnvironmentDatabarracks & CustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Validate successful failback and recommission the Customer Environment as liveCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Decommission temporary Recovery Landing Zone resources after failback, where agreedDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Update recovery documentation and lessons learned after failbackDatabarracks & CustomerCustomerDatabarracks
  • Service DescriptionRACI
    Resolution of issues identified with the Cloud Platform / Recovery Landing Zone resourcesDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
    Resolution of issues identified with live servers running on the Cloud PlatformCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Resolution of issues identified with the Customer Environment or source systemsCustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Resolution of issues identified with Customer WAN, VPN, private connectivity or internet connectivityDatabarracks & CustomerCustomerDatabarracks
    Resolution of issues identified with Backup Data or backup software used for recoveryDatabarracks & CustomerDatabarracksCustomer
    Escalation to Cloud Platform provider support where requiredDatabarracksDatabarracksCustomer
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