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Document the Recovery Plan

Based on the guidelines in this chapter, we recommend that you develop specific disaster recovery documentation that applies to your organization.

Consider the following approach:

1. Identify the names and locations of systems in your architecture and alternate components for each system.

   For each system, list the software installed, such as the specific JDK installed, the fix release of an application server, and the amount of memory installed. This detail is necessary for any system that you decide you need to rebuild completely.

2. Write procedures for recovering each component or for rebuilding a complete system, if necessary.
3. Identify a method of locating or resetting usernames and passwords to systems and CA Identity Manager user interfaces if they are known only to one or two people.
4. Protect your disaster recovery documentation for loss by creating a backup copy that you store at a well-known off-site location.