Automatic System Recovery; Back Up An Asr Set - HP Rx2620-2 - Integrity - 0 MB RAM Supplementary Manual

Automatic System Recovery

ASR has two parts: ASR backup and ASR restore:
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You can access the backup portion through the ASR Preparation Wizard located in Backup. The
ASR Preparation Wizard backs up the System State data, system services, and all disks associated
with the operating system components. It also writes to a floppy disk, which contains information
about the backup, the disk configurations (including basic and dynamic volumes), and how to
accomplish a restore.
ASR backup does not include data files. Back up data files separately on a regular basis and restore
them after the system is operational.
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You can access the restore part of ASR by pressing F2 when prompted in the text mode portion of
setup. ASR reads the disk configurations from the floppy disk and restores all of the disk signatures,
volumes and partitions on the disks required to start your server. (ASR does attempt to restore all of
the disk configurations, but under some circumstances, it may not be able to). ASR then installs a
simple installation of Windows and automatically starts to restore from backup using the backup
ASR set.
NOTE: ASR cannot be run from a headless server console.

Back up an ASR set

To create an Automated System Recovery set:
1. Open Backup (Click Start > All programs > Accessories > System Tools > Backup).
The Backup or Restore Wizard starts by default, unless it is disabled.
2. Click the Advanced Mode link on the Backup or Restore Wizard.
3. On the Tools menu, click ASR Wizard.
4. Set the ASR backup destination to the tape drive (4mm DDS), recommended, or another hard disk:
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