Disaster Recovery From Bootable Media - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

Recover Boot Disk. Select this option to only recover the boot disk. Use it if your boot disk is
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corrupt or if you replaced the boot disk.
: It is a good practice to disconnect any drives you do not want modified during the recovery
process to protect yourself from inadvertently overwriting them by selecting an undersired option.
Recover Entire System. Select this option to recover data to multiple hard disks, including the
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boot disk. Use this option if you replaced one or more hard disks.
If you are restoring a LINUX system, the only option is to Recover Entire System, there is no
option to Recover Boot Disk.
4. Press Enter.
5. If a warning screen appears, read it and then press F10.
6. Read through each information screen. Press F10 to advance to the next screen.
7. When the first confirmation message appears (Are you sure?), select the appropriate Yes option and
press Enter.
8. When the second confirmation message appears, select Yes, Perform the Recovery and press Enter.
The system does not require any input from you until it finishes restoring the first media to your
system. Restoring the first media can take from 15 minutes to two or three hours, depending on the
amount of data on the media, the speed and capabilities of the device and whether you are recovering
the entire system or just the boot disk.
9. After the system has restored the media, it asks for the next media to restore. Select Yes or press F10
to restore another media.
10. After restoring the last media, remove the disaster recovery CD or DVD so that you can boot from the
hard disk in subsequent steps.
11. Press Esc. A message screen appears.
12. Press F10. Data Protector Express restarts your computer.
13. To recover their system to the state of the last backup, all Windows users must now create and run an
additional Restore job. See "Recover System State (Windows only)" below. For Linux users, Disaster
Recovery is now complete and they can use Data Protector Express to restore the data from
incremental and differential backup media, if needed.
Do not restore incremental or differential backup media until after you complete disaster recovery. Ensure
that the tape media that you are using for disaster recovery is write protected before you start the process.
1. Remove all media from all tape drives and/or library magazine slots.
2. Insert the first bootable media:
If you are using a single tape drive, insert the first bootable media into the drive.
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If you are using a library, insert the first (or only) bootable media into slot 1 of the magazine. If
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the full backup used two or more media, insert the rest of the full backup media into the library
magazine in their proper order.