As we discussed a few days ago, it would be interesting to start automating at least some of the steps listed here to recover an specific database (or shard): https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bacula#Restore_.28aka_Panic_mode.29

It is a hard goal to reach 100% recovery+testing automation, but if we can start automating small steps towards the recovery at least, it will be useful for situations where you need to rush and using a script might reduce time and the chances of being mistaken.