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IT Baseline Protection Manual - The Information Warfare Site

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Safeguard Catalogue - Communications Remarks<br />

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S 6.55 Reduction of restart times for Novell Netware<br />

servers<br />

Initiation responsibility: Head of <strong>IT</strong> Section, <strong>IT</strong> Security Management<br />

Implementation responsibility: Administrators<br />

To reduce the time required for restarting a Novell Netware server after a<br />

failure, the necessary software and start drivers (for hard disks, network<br />

adapter cards etc.) should be saved separately on external data media in case a<br />

new installation is required at any stage. It is advisable to stow these data<br />

media together with the remaining data backup media. <strong>The</strong> required<br />

configuration parameters are provided by the server documentation (refer to S<br />

2.153 Documentation of Novell Netware 4.x networks).<br />

Furthermore, a procedure for restarting the Netware server should be<br />

developed in co-operation with the responsible staff members. This procedure<br />

should be simulated regularly as part of emergency routines so that it can be<br />

verified and tested in terms of functionality. In particular, such routines should<br />

test whether the exclusive use of software and data stored in internal or<br />

external backup archives is sufficient for performing a full reconstruction.<br />

<strong>The</strong> steps required for restarting a Novell Netware server must be described in<br />

an emergency manual (refer to S 6.3 Development of an contingency manual,<br />

Part D). Such steps include, for example:<br />

- Configuration and installation of any required hardware components<br />

- Loading of the system software<br />

- Loading of the start drivers<br />

- Supply of the required data, including configuration files<br />

- Restarting<br />

Depending on the scope and complexity of the NDS, restarting can take a<br />

great deal of time. <strong>The</strong> times required by the restarting steps can be<br />

ascertained with the help of such emergency routines, and must be taken into<br />

account when reviewing the restart plan.<br />

Additional controls:<br />

- Has the restart plan been tested?<br />

- When was a check last made to ascertain whether backed-up data can be<br />

reconstructed?<br />

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<strong>IT</strong>-<strong>Baseline</strong> <strong>Protection</strong> <strong>Manual</strong>: Oktober 2000

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