Set up AWS DRS with automated backup validation.
- Setup:
- Use an EC2-based web server as the primary workload in
us-east-1.
- Configure AWS DRS to replicate this workload to
us-west-2.
- Steps:
- Replication: Enable replication and set a policy for Recovery Point Objective (RPO).
- Automation: Create a Lambda function triggered by a CloudWatch Event to simulate failover weekly.
- Validation: Write a Python script to validate the failover server’s accessibility and performance automatically.
- Outcome:
- Weekly tests ensure the DR environment is functional.
- Logs and metrics from the tests help improve RTO and RPO.