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... 1: Introducing the Option Benefits of Using the Option 1-1 Understanding How the Option Works 1-2 Features and Functionality 1-2 Disaster Recovery Methods 1-3 Windows NT and Windows 2000 1-3 Windows XP and Windows 2003 1-3 Supported Windows Versions for Disaster Recovery Methods 1-4 Creating a Disaster Recovery Test Plan 1-5 Creating Bootable Disks 1-5 Chapter 2: Installing the Option Preinstallation 2-1 Prerequisite Software 2-1 Documentation...
... 1: Introducing the Option Benefits of Using the Option 1-1 Understanding How the Option Works 1-2 Features and Functionality 1-2 Disaster Recovery Methods 1-3 Windows NT and Windows 2000 1-3 Windows XP and Windows 2003 1-3 Supported Windows Versions for Disaster Recovery Methods 1-4 Creating a Disaster Recovery Test Plan 1-5 Creating Bootable Disks 1-5 Chapter 2: Installing the Option Preinstallation 2-1 Prerequisite Software 2-1 Documentation...
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... is a backup and recovery process used to protect computing environments against the loss of time by fire, an earthquake, employee sabotage, a computer virus, or a power failure. By their intensity, timing, or effects. BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option does this for re-installing...-time. The option enables users with minimal effort and reliable recovery. It supports diskette based disaster recovery in Windows NT and Windows 2000, and CD based disaster recovery in a Windows 2000 environment. It lets you . Introducing the Option 1-1 Benefits of Using the...
... is a backup and recovery process used to protect computing environments against the loss of time by fire, an earthquake, employee sabotage, a computer virus, or a power failure. By their intensity, timing, or effects. BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option does this for re-installing...-time. The option enables users with minimal effort and reliable recovery. It supports diskette based disaster recovery in Windows NT and Windows 2000, and CD based disaster recovery in a Windows 2000 environment. It lets you . Introducing the Option 1-1 Benefits of Using the...
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...BrightStor ARCserve 2000 with the following features and functionality: ■ It protects your local BrightStor ARCserve Backup server and remote Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 clients backed up by the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Client Agent using BrightStor ARCserve...previous versions of BrightStor ARCserve Backup. It can recover its protected computers to their last full backup state. It can use the option with BrightStor ARCserve Backup version 9 agents. You can support any system that BrightStor ARCserve Backup supports. Features and ...
...BrightStor ARCserve 2000 with the following features and functionality: ■ It protects your local BrightStor ARCserve Backup server and remote Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 clients backed up by the BrightStor® ARCserve® Backup Client Agent using BrightStor ARCserve...previous versions of BrightStor ARCserve Backup. It can recover its protected computers to their last full backup state. It can use the option with BrightStor ARCserve Backup version 9 agents. You can support any system that BrightStor ARCserve Backup supports. Features and ...
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...■ Windows XP or Windows 2003 CD ■ A machine-specific recovery disk ■ The BrightStor ARCserve Backup CD Introducing the Option 1-3 You can recover any server, including servers with compatible tape drives ...Instead of booting from a floppy disk drive or CD, you can start up any computer using the option's backup media. Because tape drive functionality varies by manufacturer, contact ...as boot devices. Note: Only remote disaster recovery is not supported. ■ Bootable CD method (preferred method): For Windows 2000, the option has a faster way of booting to get ...
...■ Windows XP or Windows 2003 CD ■ A machine-specific recovery disk ■ The BrightStor ARCserve Backup CD Introducing the Option 1-3 You can recover any server, including servers with compatible tape drives ...Instead of booting from a floppy disk drive or CD, you can start up any computer using the option's backup media. Because tape drive functionality varies by manufacturer, contact ...as boot devices. Note: Only remote disaster recovery is not supported. ■ Bootable CD method (preferred method): For Windows 2000, the option has a faster way of booting to get ...
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... Disaster Recovery Method Operating System Supported Bootable disk ■ Windows NT Server Service Pack 6a ■ Windows NT Workstation Service Pack 6a ■ Windows 2000 Professional Edition ■ Windows 2000 Server Edition ■ Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition Bootable tape ■ Windows 2000 Professional Edition ■ Windows 2000 Server Edition ■ Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition Bootable...
... Disaster Recovery Method Operating System Supported Bootable disk ■ Windows NT Server Service Pack 6a ■ Windows NT Workstation Service Pack 6a ■ Windows 2000 Professional Edition ■ Windows 2000 Server Edition ■ Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition Bootable tape ■ Windows 2000 Professional Edition ■ Windows 2000 Server Edition ■ Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition Bootable...
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...and fully restore the system using backup media. The Bootable disk method uses 3.5-inch disks. These disks enable you to bring your BrightStor ARCserve Backup server itself, you must create boot media before a disaster occurs, or use the Bootable disk method to create bootable media... must make sure that the machine has been fully backed up by an available, functioning BrightStor ARCserve Backup server. Note: You can use the alternate location feature. The disaster recovery process is supported on Windows NT 4.0 3-1 Note: Only remote disaster recovery is a two-step process-...
...and fully restore the system using backup media. The Bootable disk method uses 3.5-inch disks. These disks enable you to bring your BrightStor ARCserve Backup server itself, you must create boot media before a disaster occurs, or use the Bootable disk method to create bootable media... must make sure that the machine has been fully backed up by an available, functioning BrightStor ARCserve Backup server. Note: You can use the alternate location feature. The disaster recovery process is supported on Windows NT 4.0 3-1 Note: Only remote disaster recovery is a two-step process-...
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... another and group names must be unchanged since the disk was created. - Disaster Recovery on Windows 2000 4-15 Note: The DRScanSession Utility supports local disaster recovery only. The system configuration must be unchanged. In addition, no new BrightStor ARCserve Backup options added. Tip: Disaster recovery information is updated each time you take a full machine...
... another and group names must be unchanged since the disk was created. - Disaster Recovery on Windows 2000 4-15 Note: The DRScanSession Utility supports local disaster recovery only. The system configuration must be unchanged. In addition, no new BrightStor ARCserve Backup options added. Tip: Disaster recovery information is updated each time you take a full machine...
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.... Disaster Recovery on a Windows XP or Windows 2003, perform the following steps: 1. Note: If you need the following: ■ A BrightStor ARCserve Backup machine-specific disk for this chapter. ■ If Windows XP Professional was installed, the Windows 2003 CD of the screen prompting you created... the Windows Automated System Recovery (ASR) Disk, insert the disk labeled BAB Machine-specific Disk created for the machine that are not supported on Windows XP and Windows 2003. Starting Disaster Recovery To perform a disaster recovery on Windows XP and Windows 2003 5-3 This is ...
.... Disaster Recovery on a Windows XP or Windows 2003, perform the following steps: 1. Note: If you need the following: ■ A BrightStor ARCserve Backup machine-specific disk for this chapter. ■ If Windows XP Professional was installed, the Windows 2003 CD of the screen prompting you created... the Windows Automated System Recovery (ASR) Disk, insert the disk labeled BAB Machine-specific Disk created for the machine that are not supported on Windows XP and Windows 2003. Starting Disaster Recovery To perform a disaster recovery on Windows XP and Windows 2003 5-3 This is ...
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...Drive H-20 GB-disk2/3-striped volume (NTFS) Software Environment Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server with integrated Service Pack 2 BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Library Option Preparation During Local Server Setup Planning for this ...ServeRAID 5.10 Support CD, to create the RAID volumes, and the ServeGuide 6.0.9a Setup and Installation CD, to the disaster recovery kit for a successful disaster recovery starts when you install BrightStor ARCserve Backup and the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster ...
...Drive H-20 GB-disk2/3-striped volume (NTFS) Software Environment Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server with integrated Service Pack 2 BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Library Option Preparation During Local Server Setup Planning for this ...ServeRAID 5.10 Support CD, to create the RAID volumes, and the ServeGuide 6.0.9a Setup and Installation CD, to the disaster recovery kit for a successful disaster recovery starts when you install BrightStor ARCserve Backup and the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster ...
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... Wizard. For more information, see the section Preparing for a Disaster Using the Bootable CD Method in the "Disaster Recovery on Windows 2000" chapter of this guide. In this scenario, the machine-specific disk was installed. Note: If you can start the disaster recovery ... backup of the devices and drivers. 4. Start BrightStor ARCserve Backup and perform a full machine backup. 6. Add the disaster recovery bootable CD and the machine-specific disk to the disaster recovery kit for this guide) ■ IBM ServeRAID 5.10 Support CD ■ IBM ServerGuide 6.0.9a Setup and ...
... Wizard. For more information, see the section Preparing for a Disaster Using the Bootable CD Method in the "Disaster Recovery on Windows 2000" chapter of this guide. In this scenario, the machine-specific disk was installed. Note: If you can start the disaster recovery ... backup of the devices and drivers. 4. Start BrightStor ARCserve Backup and perform a full machine backup. 6. Add the disaster recovery bootable CD and the machine-specific disk to the disaster recovery kit for this guide) ■ IBM ServeRAID 5.10 Support CD ■ IBM ServerGuide 6.0.9a Setup and ...
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...Bootable CD Method in the original configuration using the IBM ServerGuide 6.0.9a Setup and Installation CD. Select the disk, partition where Windows 2000 was in the "Disaster Recovery on -screen instructions. Follow the Disaster Recovery Wizard instructions. Press F6 to your original configuration to the... disaster using IBM Setup CDs, perform the following steps: 1. Boot the server machine (IBM xSeries 235) using the IBM ServeRAID 5.10 Support CD. 2. Insert the machine-specific disk to start the data restoration process. 8. After Windows loads the drivers from the LSI 1030 MPT ...
...Bootable CD Method in the original configuration using the IBM ServerGuide 6.0.9a Setup and Installation CD. Select the disk, partition where Windows 2000 was in the "Disaster Recovery on -screen instructions. Follow the Disaster Recovery Wizard instructions. Press F6 to your original configuration to the... disaster using IBM Setup CDs, perform the following steps: 1. Boot the server machine (IBM xSeries 235) using the IBM ServeRAID 5.10 Support CD. 2. Insert the machine-specific disk to start the data restoration process. 8. After Windows loads the drivers from the LSI 1030 MPT ...
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.... disk0 - disk2 - data volume (NTFS) Software Environment ■ ■ ■ Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with integrated Service Pack 2 BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option Preparation During Local Server Setup Planning for this scenario we add the HP Netserver Navigator Support CD, to the disaster recovery kit for a successful disaster recovery begins when you...
.... disk0 - disk2 - data volume (NTFS) Software Environment ■ ■ ■ Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with integrated Service Pack 2 BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option Preparation During Local Server Setup Planning for this scenario we add the HP Netserver Navigator Support CD, to the disaster recovery kit for a successful disaster recovery begins when you...
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...disaster recovery bootable tape to the tape. 7. Follow the HP guidelines and your machine on the BrightStor ARCserve Backup server ■ HP Netserver Navigator M.04.06 Support CD ■ HP NetRAID 2M RAID controller driver diskette ■ The original hardware RAID configuration Recovering... configuration. 3. Save the custom hardware diskettes that you installed, using BrightStor ARCserve Backup Device Manager or Wizard. This copies the image created in the "Disaster Recovery on Windows 2000" chapter of your original configuration for this machine. Format the media using...
...disaster recovery bootable tape to the tape. 7. Follow the HP guidelines and your machine on the BrightStor ARCserve Backup server ■ HP Netserver Navigator M.04.06 Support CD ■ HP NetRAID 2M RAID controller driver diskette ■ The original hardware RAID configuration Recovering... configuration. 3. Save the custom hardware diskettes that you installed, using BrightStor ARCserve Backup Device Manager or Wizard. This copies the image created in the "Disaster Recovery on Windows 2000" chapter of your original configuration for this machine. Format the media using...
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.... You can recover any SCSI cards, Fibre Channel cards, and network cards. Disaster Recovery in a SAN Configuration BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option supports Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations. Recovering the SAN To recover primary or distributed servers, use the Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 disaster recovery procedure. A Appendix Disaster Recovery in a SAN Configuration A-1
.... You can recover any SCSI cards, Fibre Channel cards, and network cards. Disaster Recovery in a SAN Configuration BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option supports Storage Area Network (SAN) configurations. Recovering the SAN To recover primary or distributed servers, use the Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 disaster recovery procedure. A Appendix Disaster Recovery in a SAN Configuration A-1
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... cluster quorum disk is physically damaged, perform the following steps: a. c. Have your quorum disk by utilizing the integrated cluster support included with new disks. At this point the cluster service startup fails. 5. In BrightStor ARCserve Backup, select System State session. Recovering a Cluster Quorum Disk with No Node Failures in the shared disks. 4. Start...
... cluster quorum disk is physically damaged, perform the following steps: a. c. Have your quorum disk by utilizing the integrated cluster support included with new disks. At this point the cluster service startup fails. 5. In BrightStor ARCserve Backup, select System State session. Recovering a Cluster Quorum Disk with No Node Failures in the shared disks. 4. Start...
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...the cluster quorum disk is accessable. 6. Start the cluster service on the primary node. 9. In BrightStor ARCserve Backup, select System State session, and right-click to BrightStor Cluster Disaster Recovery check list. 4. Restore the lost shared disk by performing a whole volume restore ...node. 3. d. Have your quorum disk using the integrated cluster support included in the option. B-12 Disaster Recovery Option Guide Replace cluster non-quorum shared disk with No Nodes Failures in BrightStor ARCserve Backup. 8. Format the partitions according to select the local option....
...the cluster quorum disk is accessable. 6. Start the cluster service on the primary node. 9. In BrightStor ARCserve Backup, select System State session, and right-click to BrightStor Cluster Disaster Recovery check list. 4. Restore the lost shared disk by performing a whole volume restore ...node. 3. d. Have your quorum disk using the integrated cluster support included in the option. B-12 Disaster Recovery Option Guide Replace cluster non-quorum shared disk with No Nodes Failures in BrightStor ARCserve Backup. 8. Format the partitions according to select the local option....
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...to recover volumes. After running windisk.exe, you can recover remote volumes using the bootable CD method, see the "Disaster Recovery on a Windows 2000 computer. Which one do I avoid for the CD-ROM drive and the MS-RAMDRIVE. ■ Disaster recovery under Windows NT 4.0 does restore volume... labels. ■ The option does not support local disaster recovery on Windows NT platforms. For all Windows NT platforms, you should first, recover the system; C-2 Disaster Recovery Option Guide ...
...to recover volumes. After running windisk.exe, you can recover remote volumes using the bootable CD method, see the "Disaster Recovery on a Windows 2000 computer. Which one do I avoid for the CD-ROM drive and the MS-RAMDRIVE. ■ Disaster recovery under Windows NT 4.0 does restore volume... labels. ■ The option does not support local disaster recovery on Windows NT platforms. For all Windows NT platforms, you should first, recover the system; C-2 Disaster Recovery Option Guide ...
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... Agent for local disaster recovery. Answer: No. General Usability Question: Can I use a local backup to perform a remote disaster recovery? Answer: Yes. Answer: BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option is only supported over the Network? Question: Can I restore specific sessions during the disaster recovery process? Question: Can I use remote backup for Windows is a system...
... Agent for local disaster recovery. Answer: No. General Usability Question: Can I use a local backup to perform a remote disaster recovery? Answer: Yes. Answer: BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option is only supported over the Network? Question: Can I restore specific sessions during the disaster recovery process? Question: Can I use remote backup for Windows is a system...
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... backup. If the failed server contains a Windows XP or Windows 2003 operating system, you can I update the machine-specific disk if my BrightStor ARCserve Backup server fails? Frequently Asked Questions C-5 General Usability Question: How can I still use these sessions for disaster recovery if you did not ... back up ? To update a machine-specific disk on a backup server, access the alternate location and copy the contents of disaster recovery support, you should set up open files and as such cannot be restored during a backup operation, can use sessions from the drive for backups...
... backup. If the failed server contains a Windows XP or Windows 2003 operating system, you can I update the machine-specific disk if my BrightStor ARCserve Backup server fails? Frequently Asked Questions C-5 General Usability Question: How can I still use these sessions for disaster recovery if you did not ... back up ? To update a machine-specific disk on a backup server, access the alternate location and copy the contents of disaster recovery support, you should set up open files and as such cannot be restored during a backup operation, can use sessions from the drive for backups...
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...temporary operating system? Answer: No. The option does not support restoration of raw partitions. Frequently Asked Questions C-7 For ASR disaster recovery (Windows XP and Windows 2003), choose the partition on the BrightStor ARCserve Backup CD. General Usability Question: Can I do not...was installed originally. Answer: For Windows NT and Windows 2000, always choose the first partition, typically C. Question: I backup and restore raw partitions using disaster recovery? See Using the DRScanSession Utility in Windows 2000. Question: Can I do ? Answer: Use the ...
...temporary operating system? Answer: No. The option does not support restoration of raw partitions. Frequently Asked Questions C-7 For ASR disaster recovery (Windows XP and Windows 2003), choose the partition on the BrightStor ARCserve Backup CD. General Usability Question: Can I do not...was installed originally. Answer: For Windows NT and Windows 2000, always choose the first partition, typically C. Question: I backup and restore raw partitions using disaster recovery? See Using the DRScanSession Utility in Windows 2000. Question: Can I do ? Answer: Use the ...