Chapter 4: Windows Disaster Recovery

•Errors regarding the recovery of Windows system-protected files

For information about how the NetWorker software handles the Windows system state and system-protected files, refer to the Legato NetWorker Administrator’s Guide, Microsoft Windows Version.

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Ensure that the storage node and the NetWorker server can detect the

 

 

storage devices the NetWorker server is to use.

 

4.

Perform a test recovery using each of the Legato backup products you

 

 

have installed. Recover data with the Legato product used to back it up.

 

 

Refer to the product documentation as necessary.

 

5.

Perform a test backup to the NetWorker server to ensure that the

 

 

connection between the NetWorker client or storage node and the

 

 

NetWorker server is working properly.

 

6.

Verify that any applications (such as Microsoft Office) that were running

 

 

prior to the disaster have been properly restored. To verify this, run each

 

 

application and open a previously saved document.

 

7.

If you want to use Active Desktop, install it after you have recovered all of

 

 

the computer’s data.

 

8.

If the NetWorker client or storage node computer was previously

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configured as a domain controller:

 

 

Windows 2000 — Verify that the drives configured to store the Active

Directory database and log files have been recovered.

Windows NT 4.0 — If the computer is a Primary Domain Controller, synchronize it with the domain. If the computer is a Backup Domain Controller, synchronize it with the Primary Domain Controller.

Recovery of DHCP and WINS Databases

Microsoft does not provide an application program interface (API) for backup and recovery of the DHCP and WINS databases. Therefore, these databases are not included in the NetWorker SYSTEM DB save set. However, NetWorker software can be configured to protect these databases.

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