The CCH Central Suite is a multifaceted application consisting of numerous modules and dependencies on Microsoft technologies.

Site Recovery Consultancy is a comprehensive solution designed to restore and rebuild the CCH Suite infrastructure in the event of a total or partial CCH enviroment loss.
This can be caused due to data coruption, server failures and other mitigating events. This service includes multiple components to ensure a complete recovery process.

This section summarises what is included as part of the consultancy process during which working with your IT team we aim to return your site to oprational status.

Contact your account manager with any queries on the services provided and requirements specific to your business.
Structurally the CCH Central Suite comprises of number of components a program folder, multiple databases and services.
Precisely how many databases and services is dependent on the products you are licensed for.
 
After initial assesment of the system state a process plan will be forumlated to encompass all steps to return system to operational status

Once the service is complete you will receive an installation report for your records.

Details of our currently supported environment can be found here and should be reviewed as part of planning any technical work involving the CCH Suite of products. 

If possible completion of this technical questionnaire regarding your existing and future enviroments and relevant IT contacts will aid consultants. 

The recovery process can be broken down into the following steps  

Review
  • Review of current infrastructure , failure points
  • Review of proposed new infrastructure
  • Review and verification of data held within backups and available for restore / recovery / transfer from old system.
Recovery / Installation
  • Verification of environment and prerequisites to ensure compatibility
  • Validation of new resources to optimise performance
  • Deploying or configuring exisitng Microsoft SQL Server to accept CCH Central Suite databases
  • Configuration and optimisation of SQL Server
  • Deployment and configuration of key software files
  • Deployment and configuration of companion files
  • Configuration of end user methodology
  • Recovered Data Validation and reposition to functional level within CCH Suite scope.
End User Side
  • Configuration of end user deployment methodology
  • Deployment to key workstations
  • Deployment to Terminal Server/Remote Desktop Servers
  • Advise on and configure process to assist office wide deployment

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