Updated on 2025-05-07 GMT+08:00

Runbook Reference Template

  • Runbook checklist reference
    Table 1 Runbook checklist example

    Category

    Preparations

    Responsible Department

    Activity

    Involved

    Completed

    Planned Completion Time

    Owner

    Organizational and assurance preparation

    N/A

    Project manager

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Project manager

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Third party/Business model

    N/A

    Service-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Environment checklist verification

    Application list checking and application startup and stop sequence updating

    R&D-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    R&D-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Environment (including source and destination ends, migration tasks, and execution scripts) check

    Basic cloud service check

    O&M-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Database check

    O&M-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    O&M-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Big data check items

    Big data-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Big data-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Application check

    O&M-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Script check

    O&M-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    O&M-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Log system check

    O&M-related departments

    N/A

    Yes

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

  • Runbook procedure reference

    In addition, the following items may be included, such as the actual start time, actual end time, and actual execution time.

    Table 2 shows an example. Fill out the table based on actual service needs.

    Table 2 Runbook procedure example

    No.

    Task

    Step

    Subtask

    Procedure

    Instruction

    Decision

    Details

    Operator

    Confirmer

    Planned Start Time

    Planned End Time

    1

    XXX

    1.1

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Must be resolved

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    2

    1.1

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Must be resolved

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    3

    1.2

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Must be resolved

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    4

    1.3

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Must be resolved

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    5

    1.3

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Must be resolved

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    6

    1.3

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Must be resolved

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    7

    XXX

    1.4

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Non-blocking

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    8

    1.4

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Non-blocking

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    9

    Rollback decision 1: Complete the preceding steps before XX (a time point). Otherwise, decide whether to perform a rollback.

    N/A

    Rollback - decision point 1

    N/A

    N/A

    10

    XXX

    21.1

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Blocking

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    11

    21.2

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    Blocking

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A

    N/A