ASR Recovery Requirements

Important: To perform an ASR recovery, you must have an official Microsoft Windows installation CD for the version of Windows you are recovering. If you have only an OEM recovery CD that includes the Windows installation files, skip this section and proceed to “Recovering a Windows Installation” on page 60. Refer to the OEM documentation as necessary.

ASR Recovery Requirements

 

 

To perform an ASR recovery of a NetWorker client host computer, you need:

 

 

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The ASR disk for the computer you are recovering. If a current ASR disk

 

 

 

or ASR save set is not available for the failed NetWorker client host

 

 

 

computer, you must use the legacy NetWorker disaster recovery method.

 

 

 

For a guide to the required procedures, see “Recovering a NetWorker

 

 

 

Client or Storage Node” on page 82.

 

 

•

The official Microsoft Windows .NET or Windows XP Professional

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installation CD for the computer you are recovering

 

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The latest NetWorker backup for the computer you are recovering

 

 

Note: To avoid delays during a recovery, if you routinely move NetWorker

 

 

backup media to an offsite location for safekeeping, ensure that all necessary

 

 

volumes are available. To list the media associated with the files you want to

 

 

recover, run mminfo -mvfrom the command prompt. For more information

 

 

about the mminfo command, refer to the Legato Command Reference Guide.

 

 

Task 1: Perform an ASR Recovery of the NetWorker Client Computer

 

 

To perform an ASR recovery of the NetWorker client computer:

 

 

1.

On the NetWorker client computer you are recovering, boot from the

 

 

 

Windows .NET or Windows XP Professional installation CD.

 

 

Note: You may need to run the BIOS setup program to configure the computer

 

 

to boot from the CD-ROM drive. For the procedure, refer to the computer

 

 

manufacturer’s documentation.

 

 

2.

Watch closely at the beginning of the boot process. If prompted, press a

 

 

 

key to boot from the CD-ROM drive.

 

 

3.

During the text-mode phase of Windows setup, watch the lower portion

 

 

 

of the screen. When prompted, press [F2] to display the ASR Recovery

 

 

 

menu. Follow the instructions on the screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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