Changing The Recovery Password; Configuring Remote Boot - Intel SS4000-E - Entry Storage System NAS Server User Manual

If a user ever has to recover a disk using the recovery CD or remotely boot from a backup
on the storage system, the user is prompted for a password to do so. The user had to
provide this password when protecting the disk. However, if the user forgets it, you can
reset the password using the Manager. For information about recovering a disk using the
recovery CD, see
information about booting remotely, see
Remotely" on page
For booting remotely, you can also specify the MAC address to use if you want to
remotely boot a computer using a different computer's backup, and the backup to boot
from.
In addition, when a user removes protection for a disk, the existing backups are not
deleted. The user can re-use the allocated space for new backups, or you can delete those
backups manually using the Manager.

Changing the Recovery Password

To change the recovery password:
1. In the navigation bar, click Backups.
2. In the Computer name list in the Recovery passwords group box, select the name of
the computer whose recovery password you want to change.
3. In the Recovery password text box, type the password to use. This password must be
12-16 characters long.
4. Click Change Password
5. When the confirmation message displays, click OK.
The user must provide this password when recovering a disk from this storage system
using the Recovery CD or when remotely booting from a backup on the storage
system.

Configuring Remote Boot

Normally, when you enable remote boot for a client computer as described in
Remote Boot" on page
However, if you want to remotely boot one computer from another computer's backup,
you must change the MAC address. For example, if Computer1 has been infected by a
virus, and all of its backups are also infected, you might want to boot Computer1 from one
of Computer2's backups and recover that disk to Computer1. To do this, you must change
the MAC address associated with Computer2.
Note: If you try to recover one computer from another computer's backup, both computers must
have identical hardware. Otherwise, the recovered files do not operate properly.
You can also specify which backup to remotely boot from. By default, you always boot
from the latest backup. You can boot from an earlier backup but no matter which backup
you boot from, you can recover only the latest backup.
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Intel Entry Storage System SS4000-E User Guide
"Recovering a System Disk Using the Recovery CD" on page
122.
111, no additional action is necessary on the storage system.
Managing Your Storage System
"Recovering a System Disk While Booting
117. For
"Enabling
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