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20.1 Windows Bare Machine Recovery
Tivoli Storage Manager provides integration with documented Windows APIs for
the backup of system objects/system state. This allows for a complete Bare
Machine Recovery in combination with the boot/system partition and other data
partitions.
However, to restore your system, you need to have previously gathered and
saved certain machine-specific characteristics, such as network and disk
partition information. Therefore, we discuss the methods for collecting this
information using operating system utilities and storing this information within
DRM. We then provide detailed instructions for recovery of Windows 2000 client,
step-by-step, in conjunction with Tivoli Storage Manager.
Again, you should read Deploying the Tivoli Storage Manager Client in a
Windows 2000 Environment, SG24-6141, for a comprehensive review of
Windows 2000 and Bare Machine Recovery. It discusses additional
considerations for restoring an Active Directory, Domain Controllers, and DFS.
20.1.1 Collect client machine information for disaster recovery
Collecting and recording information about your client systems will greatly help
your ability to restore a Windows machine after a disaster to a pre-disaster state.
There are several add-on tools, utilities, and features built into Windows that can
assist you with information collection, including msinfo32, srvinfo (found in the
Windows Resource Kit), diskmap, the Disk Management interface, ipconfig, or
writing your own Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) application (see
the Windows 2000 SDK for more information about WMI). The information that
should be collected for the client system should include:
Hard drive partition information, for example, number and type of partitions,
disk size, drive letters, amount of data used per volume, boot partition, and
system directory
System host name
TCP/IP networking information, for example, IP address, subnet mask, default
gateway, DNS information
Windows Service Pack levels
Scripts or batch files can be used to automate the collection of client information
for users not skilled in these kinds of system-level commands. Client system
information should then be stored off-site for potential use during a disaster
recovery procedure. Client system information can be imported into DRM (via
scripts discussed in 20.1.3, "Store system information for DRM access" on
page 633) or DRM administrators can be given access to system information
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