Using Disaster Recovery With The Windows Component Sql Database Agent - HP BB118BV - StorageWorks Data Protector Express Package User Manual

Using Disaster Recovery with the Windows Component SQL Database
Agent
There are two ways to recover Windows Server components installations after a system disaster.
1. If you have a successful full backup of the system with VSS enabled, the disaster recovery process
will restore the entire system including the Windows Server components. Your host should be
functional after the DR process is complete. It is recommended that you enable VSS for your DR
backup set to take advantage of this feature.
After the DR process is finished you need to create a restore job to restore the Windows Server
components using the Data Protector Express Agent for Windows Component SQL Databases.
2. If a full backup of the system was performed with the VSS option disabled, the WSS database is not
restored, since the files were open at backup. You will need to take further steps to complete the
recovery. Complete the following operations after the initial DR process has completed successfully.
a. Re-install the Desired Services component on your system. This will rebuild the "master"
WMSDE/SSEE database. The "master" database is required to restore the WSS or WSUS
databases including configuration and content databases. Note that you may have to uninstall and
reinstall Windows Server components services for the restore to be completed.