Rejoining The Server To A Windows Domain; Snapdrimage Usage Scenario - Overland Storage SnapServer Administrator's Manual

SnapServer 7.0 Administrator's Guide
Step 1: Restore server settings.
Select the Recover System Settings button and click OK to open the Server Recovery page.
Use the Browse button to navigate to the SnapDRImage file. Click Recover to start the
operation. If the recovery file contains Snap EDR application settings, you are asked if
you want to include those settings. Check the settings you want to recover, and click
Recover. Once the server configuration recovery operation is complete, you can start the
volume configuration recovery operation.
Step 2: Restore volume ACL and quota configurations.
Select the Recover Volume Security Settings button and click OK to open the Server
Recovery
recovery file attached will appear as unavailable.) The creation date of the recovery file
on a volume indicates when the recovery image was generated. Click Recover to start the
operation, and then follow the on page instructions.
NOTE: Restoring the server and volume configurations will only occur if the system can

Rejoining the Server to a Windows Domain

If you are restoring server settings to either the same physical server or to a replacement
server, the server will automatically rejoin the Windows domain it was a member of before
the SnapDRImage was applied as long as the servername is the same as the current
servername. If you have changed the servername, you will have to manually join the server
to the desired Windows domain. Navigate to Network > Windows/SMB to rejoin the server to
a domain.

SnapDRImage Usage Scenario

The SnapDRImage contains the server configuration settings for a specific server. These
settings may be useful in situations other than disaster recovery.
Reset Server Configuration After Swapping Out Components
In the extreme situation that one of the major components of your SnapServer fails
(example: the mother board), and new one has been provided to you, it is possible to reset
the sever configuration using the SnapDRImage. Follow the recovery procedures to utilize
this option.
Cloning Servers
You can use SnapDRImages to copy server configurations from one server to another. For
example: if you have a SnapServer DX1 configured for peak performance in your network
environment, you can create a SnapDRImage of this server, then apply the SnapDRImage
to a new SnapServer DX1. The server settings and configuration would be identical to the
first. See
NOTE: Cloning a disk configuration will only succeed if the destination server has sufficient
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page. Select the volumes you want to restore. (Volumes that do not have a
accomplish it without compromising data. If the current configuration is different than
previous SnapDRImage files, the restore will fail. A successful restoration requires either
that the current RAID and volume configuration exactly match the saved one or that
there is no current configuration (such as, you are using raw drives) so that the saved
configuration can be recreated with the available raw drives. View the log file if the
recovery operation fails.
"Cloning a Server" on page 9-8
storage resources to duplicate the original configuration.
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