The key word in this title is Planning — without good planning, recovery from a disaster is either very difficult or nearly impossible to achieve.  If you have ever encountered a disaster or discussed a vendor’s disaster, you will almost certainly hear “failure to plan is planning to fail.”  Sadly for most businesses, it is not until a disaster occurs that they find out how important it is to be prepared and ready for action.  

What does Computer Disaster Recovery Planning cover?  Normally, the planning process covers all key equipment used to maintain operations, recovery team (all personnel identified to get operations restored), training, data backups, contact lists, hardware/software listings, and much more.