Disaster-Proof Your Clients: The MSP’s 2025 Hurricane Recovery Checklist
With hurricane season well underway, it’s essential that businesses — and the MSPs that support them — revisit their disaster recovery strategies. Following the $182.7 billion in damages from 2024’s hurricane season, experts predict an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2025. All it takes is one powerful storm to disrupt operations, cause billions in damages and leave clients reeling.
With this in mind, it’s crucial that MSPs are prepared to support their clients to mitigate the potential impact of hurricanes and other natural disasters.
Disaster recovery checklist
Take these essential steps to ensure you’re ready to help your clients weather any storm.
Verify all backups
- Ensure successful, recent backups of all production systems
- Use the Status Page in your Datto Partner Portal to ensure all expected volumes are protected
- Confirm backups have replicated successfully to the Datto Cloud (or alternate disaster recovery site) for each production machine
Validate recoverability with confidence
- Verify recent functional screenshots for each protected system
- Test cloud virtualizations in the Recovery Launchpad or schedule a DR test with Datto support
Ensure DR readiness with 1-Click Disaster Recovery
- Save a default DR plan for your BCDR devices in the Recovery Launchpad
- Clone VMs for testing or live recovery
- Preconfigure cloud DR networking with 1-Click VLANs and 1-Click IPsec Tunnels
- Read more about the capabilities of Datto’s 1-Click Disaster Recovery
Ensure necessary infrastructure at primary and secondary locations
- Make sure any primary or secondary site you or your clients go to has power generation, internet and cell phone service
- Check availability of alternate locations for clients and equipment
- Ensure clients have instructions for employees regarding where to go, how to connect and who to contact with questions or issues
Act fast when a storm threatens
- Use the Helpdesk to reach Support via chat, email or phone for assistance with DR testing or live DR
- Be ready to shift workloads and spin up critical systems in the cloud
Don’t wait, prepare today
Even one storm can disrupt lives and livelihoods. As the 2025 hurricane season ramps up, make sure your business and your clients are ready for anything. With the latest DR capabilities from Datto and a proactive mindset, MSPs can provide clients with peace of mind and business continuity — no matter what the weather brings.
For more detail on how to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season, check out our guide: Natural disaster preparedness guide for MSPs: Hurricanes or coastal storms