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Module 12: Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR)

Level: L300 | Duration: 4 hours | Prerequisites: Modules 05–06 | Hands-on: Lab

Module Status

Framework module — content in development.

Learning Objectives

  • Design a BCDR strategy for Azure Local
  • Configure Azure Site Recovery (ASR) for Arc VM protection
  • Configure Azure Backup for VM and volume-level protection
  • Perform a DR failover and failback
  • Test DR plans and validate RTO/RPO targets

Topics

  1. BCDR Concepts — RTO, RPO, recovery tiers
  2. Azure Site Recovery — Arc-based protection, replication, failover
  3. Azure Backup — VM-level, volume-level, MARS agent
  4. DR Planning — runbooks, failover sequence
  5. Failover and Failback Procedures
  6. DR Testing — non-disruptive test failover
  7. Backup Restore Validation
  8. Cross-Region and Cross-Site DR Patterns

Hands-on

Lab: Enable ASR for an Arc VM. Run a test failover. Configure Azure Backup for a second VM. Restore a file. Validate RPO.

IaC: Bicep templates in labs/iac/12-bcdr/.