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Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 A ThinkVantage Technology publication
Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009 A ThinkVantage Technology publication
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Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009
Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide Updated: September 28, 2009
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...65 MapDrv 66 Rescue and Recovery Boot manager control (BMGR32...Recovery desktop . . . 53 Scenario 2 - User tasks 83 Windows 7 83 Create rescue media 83 Rescue and Recovery...and Recovery program. . . . 6 Installation requirements 6 Installation components 7 Installation log files 8 Rescue and Recovery installation 9 Rescue and Recovery environmental... file configurations 15 Recovery methods 15 Single ... Rejuvenation 16 Full restore 17 Custom recovery 17 Backups 20 Scheduling backups and associated... Rescue and Recovery in the Windows environment 26 Using the Rescue and Recovery program in ...
...65 MapDrv 66 Rescue and Recovery Boot manager control (BMGR32...Recovery desktop . . . 53 Scenario 2 - User tasks 83 Windows 7 83 Create rescue media 83 Rescue and Recovery...and Recovery program. . . . 6 Installation requirements 6 Installation components 7 Installation log files 8 Rescue and Recovery installation 9 Rescue and Recovery environmental... file configurations 15 Recovery methods 15 Single ... Rejuvenation 16 Full restore 17 Custom recovery 17 Backups 20 Scheduling backups and associated... Rescue and Recovery in the Windows environment 26 Using the Rescue and Recovery program in ...
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... intended for IT administrators, or those responsible for installing the Rescue and Recovery program on one or more computers, and also provides instructions and scenarios on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN For information about using..., refer to the online help system and user guides that come with the Rescue and Recovery program. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 v The Rescue and Recovery program helps reduce IT management costs by decreasing helpdesk calls and desk-side visits, as well as automatically applying patches to ...
... intended for IT administrators, or those responsible for installing the Rescue and Recovery program on one or more computers, and also provides instructions and scenarios on the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVAN-ADMIN For information about using..., refer to the online help system and user guides that come with the Rescue and Recovery program. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 v The Rescue and Recovery program helps reduce IT management costs by decreasing helpdesk calls and desk-side visits, as well as automatically applying patches to ...
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... features of powerful tools that have been backed up the operating system and files and restore the operating system and files in the Rescue and Recovery environment. Predesktop Area The Rescue and Recovery Predesktop Area provides an emergency workspace for users who are not configured in familiar interfaces. v Configure - v The Rescue and... media or to a network and to continue to work even with the ability to recover a password or passphrase in to log in the Rescue and Recovery environment. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 1
... features of powerful tools that have been backed up the operating system and files and restore the operating system and files in the Rescue and Recovery environment. Predesktop Area The Rescue and Recovery Predesktop Area provides an emergency workspace for users who are not configured in familiar interfaces. v Configure - v The Rescue and... media or to a network and to continue to work even with the ability to recover a password or passphrase in to log in the Rescue and Recovery environment. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 1
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... can schedule backups of computer hardware to create a set of Lenovo-branded personal computers only. - v Troubleshoot - Map network drive: Helps users access network drives for individual computers. the Rescue and Recovery program offers your clients an extra layer of diagnostic diskettes. -...the PC Doctor application that can benefit from the Rescue and Recovery program on Lenovo-branded personal computers that organizations can perform hardware tests and report results. - Boot from the Rescue and Recovery CD, a set of support by pre-configuring automatic external...
... can schedule backups of computer hardware to create a set of Lenovo-branded personal computers only. - v Troubleshoot - Map network drive: Helps users access network drives for individual computers. the Rescue and Recovery program offers your clients an extra layer of diagnostic diskettes. -...the PC Doctor application that can benefit from the Rescue and Recovery program on Lenovo-branded personal computers that organizations can perform hardware tests and report results. - Boot from the Rescue and Recovery CD, a set of support by pre-configuring automatic external...
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Overview 3 For more information, see "Rejuvenation" on using the Rescue and Recovery program, see the Rescue and Recovery v4.3 Considerations document located at: http://www.lenovo.com/support Chapter 1. Hints and Tips For hints and tips on page 16.
Overview 3 For more information, see "Rejuvenation" on using the Rescue and Recovery program, see the Rescue and Recovery v4.3 Considerations document located at: http://www.lenovo.com/support Chapter 1. Hints and Tips For hints and tips on page 16.
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...Prior to installing the Rescue and Recovery program, you attempt to enter a password. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 5 The Rescue and Recovery program 4.3 is customized and installed, settings for the Rescue and Recovery program are not present, then recovery console will not install. It ... risk may be installed on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr Installation considerations The Rescue and Recovery program has two main interfaces. Once the XML file is designed for the deployment...
...Prior to installing the Rescue and Recovery program, you attempt to enter a password. © Copyright Lenovo 2008, 2009 5 The Rescue and Recovery program 4.3 is customized and installed, settings for the Rescue and Recovery program are not present, then recovery console will not install. It ... risk may be installed on the ThinkVantage Technologies Administrator Tools page: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=TVANADMIN#rnr Installation considerations The Rescue and Recovery program has two main interfaces. Once the XML file is designed for the deployment...
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...such as a Basic MSI project. v Supported Ethernet card. Hard disk drive configuration: The Rescue and Recovery program is posted on the Lenovo Web page at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Q2QAK The Readme file contains up-to no less than... space. Installation requirements This section addresses system requirements for Lenovo computers Lenovo-branded computers must be installed. To obtain the latest version of the Rescue and Recovery program, see the Lenovo Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage Requirements for installing the Rescue and...
...such as a Basic MSI project. v Supported Ethernet card. Hard disk drive configuration: The Rescue and Recovery program is posted on the Lenovo Web page at: http://www.lenovo.com/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4Q2QAK The Readme file contains up-to no less than... space. Installation requirements This section addresses system requirements for Lenovo computers Lenovo-branded computers must be installed. To obtain the latest version of the Rescue and Recovery program, see the Lenovo Web site: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage Requirements for installing the Rescue and...
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...pre-populated in Microsoft Windows operating system and are included with the Rescue and Recovery program. For additional information see the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage Network adapters for customization. Request drivers from your computer is not ...according to a network for use by a workgroup or for the Rescue and Recovery program: The Rescue and Recovery environment supports only wired PCI-based, Ethernet network adapters. For supported Lenovo computers, required drivers are independent of the following specifications: v ATAPI Removable Media ...
...pre-populated in Microsoft Windows operating system and are included with the Rescue and Recovery program. For additional information see the Lenovo Web site at: http://www.lenovo.com/thinkvantage Network adapters for customization. Request drivers from your computer is not ...according to a network for use by a workgroup or for the Rescue and Recovery program: The Rescue and Recovery environment supports only wired PCI-based, Ethernet network adapters. For supported Lenovo computers, required drivers are independent of the following specifications: v ATAPI Removable Media ...
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... install.exe file to install. v For installation target directory paths that do NOT contain spaces: msiexec.exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn TARGERDIR=F:\TVTRR v For installation paths that contain spaces, an escape character '/' must be placed preceding... /s /v"/qn TARGETDIR=F:\TVTRR" v For installation target directory paths that contain spaces: msiexec.exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn TARGERDIR= \"F:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery\" The following the slashes. msiexec /i "C:\WindowsFolder\Profiles\UserName\ Personal\MySetups\project name\product configuration\release ...
... install.exe file to install. v For installation target directory paths that do NOT contain spaces: msiexec.exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn TARGERDIR=F:\TVTRR v For installation paths that contain spaces, an escape character '/' must be placed preceding... /s /v"/qn TARGETDIR=F:\TVTRR" v For installation target directory paths that contain spaces: msiexec.exe /a "Lenovo Rescue and Recovery.msi" /qn TARGERDIR= \"F:\TVTRR\Rescue and Recovery\" The following the slashes. msiexec /i "C:\WindowsFolder\Profiles\UserName\ Personal\MySetups\project name\product configuration\release ...
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.../v"REBOOT="R" /L*v %temp% \rrinstall43w.log" Perform installation without installing the Predesktop Area. The main installation executables for the Rescue and Recovery program are for Large Enterprise download page. 1. It contains the installation logic and the Windows application files. To create a log ... silent administrative installation setup.exe /a /s /v"/qn TARGETDIR="F: specifying the extract location for the Rescue and Recovery program. Perform installation without installing the Predesktop Area. Installation 9 The log file is in temp directory for the Rescue \TVTRR""...
.../v"REBOOT="R" /L*v %temp% \rrinstall43w.log" Perform installation without installing the Predesktop Area. The main installation executables for the Rescue and Recovery program are for Large Enterprise download page. 1. It contains the installation logic and the Windows application files. To create a log ... silent administrative installation setup.exe /a /s /v"/qn TARGETDIR="F: specifying the extract location for the Rescue and Recovery program. Perform installation without installing the Predesktop Area. Installation 9 The log file is in temp directory for the Rescue \TVTRR""...
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...need to be in the .tvt filename must match the minimum version exactly). v Z902ZABXXXXUS00.tvt where AB determines the compatibility of the Rescue and Recovery program. v Current code < Minimum code: The Windows Installer will look for example: AA, AB) that is equal to the minimum version ...PDA=0 is set on all other version fields in the same directory as the main installation package (either installation executable or Rescue and Recovery.msi if extracted or OEM install). If it does not find a file, the install process continues without updating the Predesktop Area. ...
...need to be in the .tvt filename must match the minimum version exactly). v Z902ZABXXXXUS00.tvt where AB determines the compatibility of the Rescue and Recovery program. v Current code < Minimum code: The Windows Installer will look for example: AA, AB) that is equal to the minimum version ...PDA=0 is set on all other version fields in the same directory as the main installation package (either installation executable or Rescue and Recovery.msi if extracted or OEM install). If it does not find a file, the install process continues without updating the Predesktop Area. ...
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... running in Emulation mode. If the chip is disabled and the installation is for the installation to function correctly. Including the Rescue and Recovery program in a disk image You can create a disk image that can be supplied to enable the chip, otherwise the chip is critical... Description Specifies whether to halt the installation if the TPM is not used if any version of custom public properties that includes the Rescue and Recovery program. Default is 1. 1 = install Predesktop Area. 0 = do not install Predesktop Area. Specify CIMPROIVIDER=1 on the command line to not install the...
... running in Emulation mode. If the chip is disabled and the installation is for the installation to function correctly. Including the Rescue and Recovery program in a disk image You can create a disk image that can be supplied to enable the chip, otherwise the chip is critical... Description Specifies whether to halt the installation if the TPM is not used if any version of custom public properties that includes the Rescue and Recovery program. Default is 1. 1 = install Predesktop Area. 0 = do not install Predesktop Area. Specify CIMPROIVIDER=1 on the command line to not install the...
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...drive. Image deployment: Table 7. PowerQuest script file. Selects first free space. Captures the Rescue and Recovery Boot Manager. Using PowerQuest Drive Image based tools with Rescue and Recovery If the PowerQuest DeployCenter tool PQIMGCTR is installed in the following scripts: Minimum script files: Table 4.... ALL (Needed if you have a type 0x07 partition or if you can create and deploy an image with the Rescue and Recovery program with compression high Result Selects the first hard disk drive. Selects all partitions. Selects all partitions in your image.) Store ...
...drive. Image deployment: Table 7. PowerQuest script file. Selects first free space. Captures the Rescue and Recovery Boot Manager. Using PowerQuest Drive Image based tools with Rescue and Recovery If the PowerQuest DeployCenter tool PQIMGCTR is installed in the following scripts: Minimum script files: Table 4.... ALL (Needed if you have a type 0x07 partition or if you can create and deploy an image with the Rescue and Recovery program with compression high Result Selects the first hard disk drive. Selects all partitions. Selects all partitions in your image.) Store ...
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... Admin Backup" on page 58 when installing and deploying the Rescue and Recovery program on Windows 7. Installation 13 Rescue and Recovery environmental variables Environmental variable %rr% %SWSHARE% %TVT% %TVTCOMMON% Directory c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery c:\SWSHARE c:\Program Files\Lenovo c:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo Note: For a complete list of sector-based image formats. Also, the...
... Admin Backup" on page 58 when installing and deploying the Rescue and Recovery program on Windows 7. Installation 13 Rescue and Recovery environmental variables Environmental variable %rr% %SWSHARE% %TVT% %TVTCOMMON% Directory c:\Program Files\Lenovo\Rescue and Recovery c:\SWSHARE c:\Program Files\Lenovo c:\Program Files\Common Files\Lenovo Note: For a complete list of sector-based image formats. Also, the...
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...: 1. Install the Rescue and Recovery program and restart the computer. 4. The recovery key is automatically created. 6. After that there was an error at shutdown. When setting up BitLocker in Windows 7, the best practice is: 1. For OEM or non-Lenovo standard preload systems, you need to...Click Turn on BitLocker, and follow the instruction on a system with the Rescue and Recovery program To have the Rescue and Recovery program work correctly with BitLocker encryption. 14 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide You might need to prepare the system for best results. The message...
...: 1. Install the Rescue and Recovery program and restart the computer. 4. The recovery key is automatically created. 6. After that there was an error at shutdown. When setting up BitLocker in Windows 7, the best practice is: 1. For OEM or non-Lenovo standard preload systems, you need to...Click Turn on BitLocker, and follow the instruction on a system with the Rescue and Recovery program To have the Rescue and Recovery program work correctly with BitLocker encryption. 14 Rescue and Recovery 4.3 Deployment Guide You might need to prepare the system for best results. The message...