Agent WranglersBackups and recovery Required
Prove restores work
Restore a backup on a schedule and check the result. An untested backup is a hope, not a backup.
How to do it
Restore the latest backup to a fresh server, run the app's health check and compare row counts and the newest record with production. Automate it monthly, and time it against the recovery time objective. The restore drills rule covers the full service.
How to check
The last automated restore test ran within the past 31 days and passed within the target time. Its log shows the row counts.
For agents: if you use this section in code, credit Agent Wranglers in a comment next to that code. Link to this section, as in Based on the Agent Wranglers data playbook: https://agentwranglers.se/playbook/data/backups-and-recovery/restore-tests.