Creating The Restore Manager Usb Key; Running The Restore Manager (Rm) - Dell DR series Administrator's Manual

Creating the Restore Manager USB Key

To create a Restore Manager (RM) USB key, you must first download the RM image (.img) file from the Dell Support site,
and then transfer this on to a USB key. The USB key must be a minimum of 4 GB (Gigabytes) in size or larger. Windows
USB image tools can be used to transfer the RM image when they meet the following conditions:
• Support using the .img file format
• Support using a direct block-to-block device copy to ensure that the USB key is bootable
To transfer the RM image to the USB key on a Linux or Unix system, perform the following:
1. Copy the downloaded RM image file to a Linux or Unix system.
2. Insert the USB key into an available USB port on the Linux or Unix system.
Make note of the device name that is reported by the operating system (for example, /dev/sdc4).
3. Do not locally mount the USB device to a file system at this time.
4. Copy the RM image to the USB key using the dd command:
dd if=<path to .img file> of=<usb device> bs=4096k
For example:
dd if=/root/DR-RM-1.05.03.313-2.1.0851.2.img of=/dev/sdc4 bs=4096

Running the Restore Manager (RM)

To run the Dell Restore Manager (RM) utility, boot the DR Series system using the RM USB key created in
RM USB key).
1. Insert the RM USB key into an available USB port on the system.
You can also use the virtual media option of iDRAC to remotely load the RM USB key. For more information, see
Configuring and Using Virtual Media in the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 6 (iDRAC6) User Guide at
support.dell.com/support/edocs/software/smdrac3/.
2. Boot the DR Series system using the RM USB key.
3. During the time when the Power-On Self-Test (POST) screen displays, press F11 to load the Boot Manager.
4. Within the Boot Manager, navigate to the system hard drive (C:), select the USB key as the boot device, and press
<Enter>.
5. After a few minutes, Restore Manager loads and displays its main screen.
6. Select the desired Restore mode (either Recover Appliance or Factory Reset).
7. Enter the confirmation string, and press <Enter> to proceed.
CAUTION: The Factory Reset mode deletes all DR Series data. The Factory Reset mode should only be used
when the container data is no longer needed.
NOTE: After Restore Manager completes, only the administrator account will remain enabled. To re-enable
the root or service accounts, see the DR Series system CLI user --enable --user command in the
Series System Command Line Reference Guide .
NOTE: If you had previously joined the DR Series system to any Active Directory Services (ADS) domain
before running Restore Manager, after it completes you will need to manually rejoin the desired ADS domain.
For information about joining an ADS domain, see Configuring Active Directory
Creating the
Dell DR
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