[billhathaway]

Remember to have automated restore testing that validates restores are successful and the data "freshness" is within a reasonable period of time, such as last updated record in a database.

Lots of people only do a full test of their backup solution when first installing it. Without constant validation of the backup->restore pipeline, it is easy to get into a bad situation and not realize it until it is too late.

[shostack]

Novice here. How would you go about testing the integrity and ability to restore from the backup as part of an automated backup/restore pipeline?