The following areas will be covered by the health-check
Backup Components.
Backup Architecture - Disk, Tape, VTL, SAN, LAN
Backup Volumes - Daily / Weekly backup volumes, Client capacity
Backup Strategy - What is being backed up, when is is being backed up and for how long is it kept. (Fulls, Incrementals etc...)
Backup Software Configuration - How is it configured and does it follow best practice.
Backup Policy Design – Policy / Job configuration and Schedule and Window overlap.
Backup Databases / Catalogs - Location, Disk layout, Disk performance.
Infrastructure /Architectural Analysis
Current Data Volume Analysis - What is currently being used
Data Throughput Capacity - What should be achievable with the hardware in the environment.
Server Build Analysis - Are the backup servers being utilised fully ?
Current Backup Performance – Multiplexing / Multistreaming, Throughput analysis.
Backup Reliability - Identify re-occurring issues with backups
General Software Configuration Review
Backup Software Version - Patch levels, differences in patch and release levels across Backup servers and clients (where applicable).
Device / Memory and Network buffer settings
Media and Device Management