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Add od-backup-verify runbook: isolated Hyper-V test-restore + health checklist

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Verify an od-db-backup cold backup by restoring it into a throwaway,
network-isolated Hyper-V VM (revert to checkpoint after), never over live
prod. Covers matching versions from MANIFEST, whole-datadir restore for
InnoDB, re-pointing the image path, and a pass/fail health checklist
(connects, Help>About version, Database Maintenance Check, recent data,
images open, no missing tables, optional mysqlcheck). Cites Open Dental
Backups / Manual Backups / Database Maintenance. Cross-linked with
od-db-backup.md; README updated.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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## 5. Verify — a backup you haven't restored is a guess
- **Test-restore** to an **isolated** machine periodically (matching Open Dental + MySQL/MariaDB versions): `net stop`, rename the existing `opendental` folder aside, drop in the backup's `data\` contents, `net start`, launch Open Dental, spot-check patients/images.
- **Test-restore** to an **isolated** machine periodically (matching Open Dental + MySQL/MariaDB versions): `net stop`, rename the existing `opendental` folder aside, drop in the backup's `data\` contents, `net start`, launch Open Dental, spot-check patients/images. Full step-by-step with a health checklist: **[`od-backup-verify.md`](od-backup-verify.md)** (isolated Hyper-V test-restore).
- **Never restore over a live production database** — data loss is irreversible.
- Confirm the nightly job is actually producing dated folders and that they leave the building (off-site / immutable copy) — ransomware that reaches the server will reach on-line backups too.