Using The Recovery Cd; Recovering Your Appliance Server Using Diskcreator - IBM eServer 130 xSeries User Reference Manual

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4. Insert the new battery:
5. Reinstall the appliance server cover, and connect the cables.
6. Turn on the appliance server.
7. Start the Configuration/Setup Utility program and set configuration parameters.

Using the Recovery CD

The Recovery CD for your xSeries 130 is used to recover the preinstalled software on
your appliance server. You must start your appliance server with the recovery-
enablement diskette, which is created using the Supplementary CD, before you can
use the Recovery CD. Using the Recovery CD does not reset your BIOS.
Attention: Installing unauthorized service packs, or applications not included on the
Supplementary CD, on your appliance server is not supported. You can obtain
authorized updates to the installed software using the update function in UM Services,
for more information, see "Configuring the xSeries 130 using Universal Manageability
Services" on page 15.

Recovering your appliance server using DiskCreator

To create a recovery-enablement diskette and recover the preinstalled software on
your appliance server, do the following:
1. Using any workstation other than your appliance server, insert the Supplementary
2. Insert a formatted diskette into the diskette drive of the workstation, and run the
3. Follow the instructions to create a recovery-enablement diskette.
4. Remove the recovery-enablement diskette from the diskette drive.
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a. Tilt the battery so that you can insert it into the socket, under the battery clip.
b. As you slide it under the battery clip, press the battery down into the socket.
Set the system date and time.
Set the power-on password.
Reconfigure your appliance server.
CD into the CD-ROM drive.
Note: The workstation that you use to create the recovery-enablement diskette
must have one of the following operating systems installed:
Microsoft Windows NT
Microsoft Windows NT Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 95
Microsoft Windows 98
DiskCreator.exe file that is located on the Supplementary CD.
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Workstation

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