Backup Strategy for IT Disaster Recovery Plan Using Active Data Guard and NetBackup

Based on The National Agency for Disaster Countermeasure (BNPB) Indonesia, until December 4^th, 2018 there were 1134 disasters that occurred in various regions in Indonesia. This natural disaster reinforces the fact that good plans are needed long before a natural disaster will occur again for either a country, a province, a city or an organization / company. One of insurance company in Indonesia has a lot of labor data with several employment guarantee programs. To maintain the business continuity of company, a disaster management plan is needed to ensure all data of a company are safe and usable. The company has several database servers stored both in the Data Center (DC) and Disaster Recovery Center (DRC). Each database server has the main backup method, but the backup files are stored in the same site. Therefore, an alternative backup method should be implemented and put them outside the DC and DRC sites. One alternative database backup method is using tape. In this study, the author will implement the database backup method through a combination of Active Data Guard and NetBackup applications as a risk mitigation of damage or loss of data due to natural disasters and to complete the IT DRP document as guidelines standards of the business continuity management of the company.