Supplementary Cds; Using The Recovery Enablement Diskette And Recovery Cd - IBM eServer 135 xSeries User Reference Manual

Chapter 4. Using the Recovery and Supplementary CDs

Using the recovery enablement diskette and Recovery CD

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This chapter describes the applications that are included on the IBM xSeries 135
Supplementary and Recovery CDs and information about how and when you should
use them.
The Recovery CD is a startable CD that is used to recover the preinstalled programs on
your xSeries 135 appliance server. You must start your server using a recovery
enablement diskette to use the Recovery CD. You can create a recovery enablement
diskette using a utility on the Supplementary CD.
To create a recovery enablement diskette, do the following:
1. Insert the Supplementary CD into the CD-ROM drive of a remote computer
running Microsoft Windows 98, Windows NT, or Windows 2000.
2. Run \Recovery_Enablement_Disk\DiskCreator.exe.
3. Select either Reload or Reformat. The Reload option restores the original factory-
installed programs and leaves the data partition (/home) unchanged. The
Reformat option erases all data on the hard disk of the appliance and makes no
attempt to save any information in any partition of the disk.
4. Select either to use a new diskette or an existing diskette. A warning message
appears. Click Yes or No.
5. Click Agree at the license agreement.
Important
The recovery enablement diskette enables the IBM xSeries 135 appliance server
to start from the CD-ROM drive. You will not be able to restore the preinstalled
programs from the Recovery CD without restarting the server using a recovery
enablement diskette.
The software can be reinstalled using the Recovery CD. The Recovery CD must be
accompanied by a recovery enablementdiskette.
To recover the preinstalled programs on your server:
1. Insert the recovery enablement diskette into the diskette drive and the Recovery
CD in the CD-ROM drive, and restart the server. The recovery process begins
automatically and the preinstalled programs are restored with the original
settings and configuration. After the preinstalled programs are restored, the
system restarts automatically and all final operating system configuration
changes are performed.
2. After the software has been reinstalled, the Recovery CD is ejected and the
appliance is restarted with the initial software and configuration.
3. Perform the initial setup procedures that are required to setup the the appliance
server. See "Setting the initial Internet protocol (IP) address" on page 27.
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