Summary Of The Lightsout Restore Process - Symantec GHOST - V 15.0 Manual

Recovering files, folders, or entire drives 167
Restoring using LightsOut Restore
The Norton Ghost LightsOut Restore feature enables administrators to restore a
computer from a remote location, regardless of the state the computer is currently
in, so long as its file system is intact. This option provides a way to boot the
Symantec recovery environment from a folder on the operating system partition.
This option has been developed around the concepts of pcAnywhere, the Windows
boot menu, and hardware devices such as RILO and DRAC, which allow an
administrator to remotely control a system during the boot process (including
the selection of items from a Windows boot menu). Depending on your hardware
configuration, you can use LightsOut Restore to complete a system restoration
on a remote server via a Web browser, using your server's remote connection
capabilities, and the Symantec recovery environment. By using this option, you
save the time it takes to physically visit the computer to perform the restore.
When LightsOut Restore is set up, it installs a Symantec recovery environment
directly to the file system on the system partition, and places a Symantec recovery
environment boot option within the Windows boot menu. Whenever this boot
menu option is selected, the system will boot directly to the Symantec recovery
environment using the files installed on the system partition.
Note: The LightsOut feature requires at least 1 gigabyte of memory to run.
Once LightsOut Restore has been set up and the boot menu option has been added,
you can use a hardware device to remotely connect to the system. When you are
connected, you can power on or reboot the system and select the recovery
environment from the boot menu. The system then boots to the recovery
environment.
By default, when the recovery environment boots as part of LightsOut Restore, it
automatically starts a pcAnywhere thin host (this can be changed through the
LightsOut Restore wizard). You can then use pcAnywhere to connect to the thin
host and remotely use the recovery environment to restore files or entire
partitions.

Summary of the LightsOut Restore process

The following is a summary of the basic LightsOut Restore process.
1. Install pcAnywhere on a central system that will be used for management (such
as a helpdesk computer).
2. Ensure that all servers can be managed remotely through a hardware device
such as RILO or DRAC.
3. Install Norton Ghost on servers that need to be protected, and then create the
desired recovery points.