Using Hp Obdr; Compatibility; What Does Hp Obdr Do; Remote Disaster Recovery (Proliant Servers Only) - HP EH920A - StorageWorks Ultrium 1760 Tape Drive User Manual

8 Using HP OBDR

In this chapter:
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"Compatibility" on page 45
• "What does HP OBDR
• "Remote disaster recovery (ProLiant servers
• "Testing for compatibility" on page 46
• "Running HP

Compatibility

HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, HP OBDR, is a standard feature on all HP StorageWorks Ultrium Tape
Blades. However, it can only be used with specific configurations. To use HP OBDR with the
HP StorageWorks Ultrium Tape Blade, it must be partnered with a ProLiant server blade.
To check whether your system (server blade, operating system and backup software) is OBDR-compatible,
please refer to our World Wide Web site http://www.hp.com/go/connect.
For more specific information concerning the benefits of OBDR and the latest new features please refer to
our World Wide Web site http://www.hp.com/go/obdr.
If your system does not support HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, you can still use your tape blade
normally to back up and restore data. However, you must remember to create a separate set of
emergency recovery disks for your operating system whenever you change your system configuration.

What does HP OBDR do?

Using just the tape blade and the most recent backup cartridge HP OBDR allows you to recover from
the following types of system disasters:
• Hardware failures where the server blade is replaced by an identical component
• File corruption because of an operating system error
• File corruption because of an application software error
• Viruses that prevent you from booting your system correctly
• User errors that stop you from booting your system correctly
When you run HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, your tape blade goes through the following sequence:
1.
It goes into a special disaster recovery mode that enables it to restore your operating system and
reboot. It acts like a bootable CD-ROM. (Your system's ability to boot from CD-ROM is normally
enabled by default. If you have changed this setting, you will need to enable it again. Refer to
your system BIOS manual for further details.)
2.
It returns to normal tape blade mode and restores the data.

Remote disaster recovery (ProLiant servers only)

The HP Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition (RILOE) on ProLiant servers gives the IT Administrator the ability
to completely recover a failed server at a remote location without physically traveling to where the
server resides. The on-site non-technical person need only insert the bootable cartridge into the tape
drive when asked to do so by the administrator.
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