Disaster Recovery With Libraries - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User's Manual & Technical Reference

NOTE:
It is a good practice to disconnect any drives you do not want modified during the recovery
process to protect yourself from inadvertently overwriting them by selecting an undesired option.
b. Recover Entire System. Select this option to recover data to multiple hard disks, including the
boot disk. Use this option if you replaced one or more hard disks.
NOTE:
If you are restoring a LINUX system, the only option is to Recover Entire System, there is no
option to Recover Boot Disk.
5. Press Enter.
6. If a warning screen appears, read it and then press F10.
7.
Read through each information screen. Press F10 to advance to the next screen.
8.
When the first confirmation message appears "Are you sure?", select the appropriate Yes option
and press Enter.
9. When the second confirmation message appears, select Yes , Perform the Recovery and press Enter.
The system does not require any input from you until it finishes restoring the first media to your system.
Restoring the first media can take from minutes to two or three hours, depending on the amount of
data on the media, the speed and capabilities of the device and whether you are recovering the
entire system or just the boot disk.
10.
After the system has restored the media, it asks for the next media to restore. Select Yes or press
F10 to restore another media.
1 1. After restoring the last media, remove the disaster recovery CD or DVD so that you can boot from the
hard disk in subsequent steps.
12.
Press Esc. A message screen appears.
13.
Press F10. Data Protector Express restarts your computer. After your computer has rebooted, log in.
14. For Linux and NetWare users, Disaster Recovery is now complete and they can use Data Protector
Express to restore the data from incremental and differential backup media, if needed.
15.
For Windows users, additional Restore jobs are required to finish the recovery of their system.
a. The system state must be restored to the last backup. See
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b. The Windows Active Directory must be restored.
Recover Windows Active Directory (Windows only)
c.
Any databases, such as Exchange and SQL, must be restored.

Disaster Recovery with Libraries

When using Disaster Recovery with a library, remember the following:
1. Make sure the most recent full backup media is loaded into slot 1 of the library. Data Protector
Express will only boot from the tape in slot 1. Make sure the media was created using the
Overwrite all media option.
2. Data Protector Express will restore all media that are contained in the library during the final
recovery process. Therefore, make sure that you only load media in the library that you will need
to restore during recovery.
Recover System State (Windows only)
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