[wombatpm]

The majority of our apps were Java, running Tomcat on windows server using MSSQL or oracle. That was tested as part of DR. Our Linux servers running Python and Postgres were not as high a priority apparently.

The lack of working backups made it a problem because if assurances and certifications we were required to maintain.

When starting a new project I now request a dev database with a dump from prod more than 30 days ago just to see the process work. Does it waste their time? Maybe. In which case it encourages more automation. Do I care no? But I am not getting burned again.