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COUNTY OF IIAWAI`I <br /> STATE OF I3.AWAI`I <br /> Current Year Findings and Recommendations <br /> For the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2006 <br /> MONITORING OF BACKUP MEDIA <br /> <br /> r <br /> The County does not perform periodic tests of the data resident on the County's backup tapes. By not <br /> periodically testing the backup tapes and disks, the County is unable to identify corrupt media, which could <br /> impact its ability to restore critical data. This lack of testing puts the County at risk that its backup tapes could <br /> unknowingly become damaged and the data on that media may become inaccessible. <br /> In addition, the County does not maintain backup tape logs to track the location of its backup tapes. Without a <br /> system in place to track the County's backup tapes, the process of retrieving information from these backup tapes <br /> could be compromised. <br /> Recommendation <br /> We recommend that the Department of Data Systems document its periodic tests of the backup tapes by <br /> performing a sample data recovery and recording the results on a quarterly basis. This will allow the County to <br /> w. maintain the integrity of its backup tapes on a regular basis. In addition, we also recommend that a log be <br /> maintained to track the location of the County's backup tapes to provide the users with a current inventory of its <br /> backup tapes and their respective locations. <br /> r <br /> s <br /> ai <br /> 4 <br /> s <br /> <br />