Disaster Recovery For Windows; Assisted Manual Disaster Recovery Of A Windows System; Overview - HP Data Protector A.06.11 Recovery Manual

3 Disaster recovery for
Windows
Assisted Manual Disaster Recovery of a Windows
system
The following sections explain how to prepare and execute an Assisted Manual
Disaster Recovery on Windows systems. For details on supported operating systems,
refer to the HP Data Protector product announcements, software notes, and references.

Overview

The general procedure for Assisted Manual Disaster Recovery of a Windows client
is:
1. Phase 0
a. Perform a full client backup and an IDB backup (Cell Manager only).
b. Update the SRD file. Collect information on the original system to enable
installation and configuration of the DR OS.
2. Phase 1
a. Replace the faulty hardware.
b. Reinstall the operating system. (Create and format the necessary partitions).
c. Reinstall service packs.
d. Manually re-partition the disk and re-establish the storage structure with
original drive letter assignments.
TIP:
You can combine Phase 1 of Manual Disaster Recovery with automated
deployment tools.
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