Disk Delivery Disaster Recovery Of A Unix Client; Overview - HP Data Protector A.06.11 Recovery Manual

Disk delivery disaster recovery of a UNIX client

To perform a disk delivery disaster recovery of a UNIX client, connect a bootable
disk that contains a minimal OS installation and Data Protector Disk Agent to the
affected system. The administrator has to ensure (before the disaster) that enough
data has been collected to correctly format and partition the disk.
For details on supported operating systems, refer to the HP Data Protector product
announcements, software notes, and references.

Overview

Disk Delivery of a UNIX client is performed using an auxiliary disk (which can be
carried around), with a minimal operating system with networking and a Data
Protector agent installed on it.
The general steps using an auxiliary disk for a UNIX client are:
1. Phase 0
a. Perform a full client backup and IDB backup (Cell Manager only).
b. Create an auxiliary disk.
2. Phase 1
a. Replace the faulty disk with a replacement disk, connect the auxiliary disk
to the target system and reboot the system with the minimal operating system
installed on the auxiliary disk.
b. Manually re-partition the replacement disk and re-establish the storage
structure and make the replacement disk bootable.
3. Phase 2
a. Use the standard Data Protector restore procedure to restore the boot disk
of the original system onto the replacement disk (use the Restore into option).
b. Shut down the system and remove the auxiliary disk. You do not need to
shut down the system if you are using a hot-swappable hard disk drive.
c. Reboot the system.
4. Phase 3
a. Use the standard Data Protector restore procedure to restore user and
application data.
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