Backup and disaster recovery for Azure Local
A cluster survives a failed machine. It does not survive a lost site, a deleted database or ransomware. We design and test the recovery for those.
Scope of the work
- Set recovery time and recovery point objectives per workload with the owners
- Design backup for virtual machines, databases and Kubernetes workloads
- Design replication to a second site or to Azure where the objectives need it
- Protect the backups themselves against deletion and encryption
- Run and document a restore test and a failover test
- A recovery design with objectives per workload
- Configured backup and replication
- A tested recovery runbook with the measured times
Billed at $150.00 per hour. Ask Keith for an estimate.
What we check first.
Objectives come first
The tool follows the objective. A four-hour target and a fifteen-minute target lead to different designs and costs.
Product support moves
Which Microsoft and third-party tools support Azure Local VMs changes between releases. We confirm current support before choosing.
Test or it does not count
The measured restore time is the only number we put in the report.
Four steps, written down.
A call with Keith
You describe the goal, the estate and the deadline. Keith turns it into a written scope with an hour estimate at the hourly rate.
A written design by Gus
Gus reviews the environment and gives you a written design with each decision and its reason.
Hands-on implementation
Gus implements in your tenant and your racks, remotely or on site, with every change logged as it is made.
Documents and a named contact
You receive the as-built record and the runbooks. Keith stays on as your account and project manager.
Asked before every engagement.
Can Azure Local VMs fail over to Azure?
Replication of Azure Local virtual machines to Azure is possible with Microsoft tooling, subject to current product support and guest operating system. We confirm it for your workloads during design.
Do you back up AKS workloads too?
Yes. Kubernetes needs its own approach: cluster configuration from source control and backup of persistent volumes.
What does the consulting cost?
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith sends a written hour estimate after the scoping call, and work starts when you approve it.
Often scoped together.
One rate. Two people.
Consulting is billed at $150.00 per hour. Keith runs sales, project management and your account. Gus does the architecture, the design and the implementation.
per consulting hour, for every consulting service