Creating A Disaster Recovery Tape; Restoring A System - HP StorageWorks SDLT Series Reference Manual

Creating a Disaster Recovery Tape

The DRTape Solution consists of a tape that contains a backup of your operating
system, application software, and data.
Perform the following steps to create a Disaster Recovery tape backup using an
SDLT tape drive and supported software:
1. Install the DRTape enabled software.
Note:
2. The tape drive or autoloader will be identified as a bootable tape device and
3. Complete the backup process. Write-protect the tape after the backup process

Restoring a System

To restore a system using the backup DRTape:
1. Insert the SmartStart CD into the CD-ROM drive. Allow it to run until you are
2. Remove the SmartStart CD.
3. Retrieve the most recent DRTape.
4. Make sure that the DRTape is write-protected and load the DRTape in the tape
5. When all three LED indicator lights on the front of the tape drive are blinking,
6. Your system is now in disaseter recovery mode. When the system restarts, the
After the vendor-specific software restores the system, the system is now ready for
normal operation.
SDLT Tape Drives Reference Guide
Refer to the vendor-specific documentation to install the software.
the user will be prompted to create a bootable image that will be copied onto
the media.
completes, and store the tape for future use.
prompted to insert the operating system CD.
drive.
power on the computer or the tape drive within 15 seconds. This will place the
tape drive into disaster recovery mode.
tape drive is identified as a bootable device. After the operating system loads,
the vendor specific software screen displays giving information on how to
proceed. Refer to the vendor specific software documentation to complete the
restore process.
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