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... fire, an earthquake, employee sabotage, a computer virus, or a power failure. When a mission-critical server goes down, only one -button disaster recovery (bootable tape) in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 environments. BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option does this for re-installing... ARCserve® Backup is a backup and recovery process used to protect computing environments against the loss of data caused by taking you to quickly and easily restore a server without the need to get your server with minimal server configuration experience to be manually ...
... fire, an earthquake, employee sabotage, a computer virus, or a power failure. When a mission-critical server goes down, only one -button disaster recovery (bootable tape) in Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 environments. BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option does this for re-installing... ARCserve® Backup is a backup and recovery process used to protect computing environments against the loss of data caused by taking you to quickly and easily restore a server without the need to get your server with minimal server configuration experience to be manually ...
Disaster Recovery Guide
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... driver disk. You must manually recreate the hardware RAID configuration and EISA partitions during disaster recovery. Add the disaster recovery bootable CD and the machine-specific disk to the BrightStor ARCserve Backup server and perform a full machine backup. 5. Add the Windows client... in the "Disaster Recovery on Windows 2000" chapter of this scenario, we have the following procedure when you are adding the BrightStor ARCserve Backup agent to your Windows 2000 client machine. If your client machine. Windows 2000 Preparation During Client Machine Setup Planning for...
... driver disk. You must manually recreate the hardware RAID configuration and EISA partitions during disaster recovery. Add the disaster recovery bootable CD and the machine-specific disk to the BrightStor ARCserve Backup server and perform a full machine backup. 5. Add the Windows client... in the "Disaster Recovery on Windows 2000" chapter of this scenario, we have the following procedure when you are adding the BrightStor ARCserve Backup agent to your Windows 2000 client machine. If your client machine. Windows 2000 Preparation During Client Machine Setup Planning for...
Disaster Recovery Guide
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...volume (NTFS) ■ Drive H-20 GB-disk2/3-striped volume (NTFS) Software Environment Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server with integrated Service Pack 2 BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Library Option Preparation During Local Server Setup Planning for this scenario, we have the following ... partition) to create the EISA partition. 6-6 Disaster Recovery Option Guide You must manually recreate the hardware RAID configuration and EISA partitions during disaster recovery. 2. In this server machine.
...volume (NTFS) ■ Drive H-20 GB-disk2/3-striped volume (NTFS) Software Environment Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server with integrated Service Pack 2 BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Library Option Preparation During Local Server Setup Planning for this scenario, we have the following ... partition) to create the EISA partition. 6-6 Disaster Recovery Option Guide You must manually recreate the hardware RAID configuration and EISA partitions during disaster recovery. 2. In this server machine.
Disaster Recovery Guide
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...for a Disaster Using the Bootable CD Method in Device Manager. Add these drivers again during disaster recovery. You must manually recreate the hardware RAID configuration. 2. Note the hardware RAID configuration. In this example, save the Qlogic QLA2310F PCI.... 1. For example, in this scenario, we have the following procedure when you install BrightStor ARCserve Backup and BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option on your Windows 2000 server. Windows 2000 Preparation During Primary Server Setup Planning for a successful disaster recovery begins when you set up...
...for a Disaster Using the Bootable CD Method in Device Manager. Add these drivers again during disaster recovery. You must manually recreate the hardware RAID configuration. 2. Note the hardware RAID configuration. In this example, save the Qlogic QLA2310F PCI.... 1. For example, in this scenario, we have the following procedure when you install BrightStor ARCserve Backup and BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option on your Windows 2000 server. Windows 2000 Preparation During Primary Server Setup Planning for a successful disaster recovery begins when you set up...
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... Disaster Recovery Scenarios 6-13 data volume (NTFS) ■ Drive F - 17 GB - The tape device must manually recreate the hardware RAID configuration and EISA partitions before starting disaster recovery. 3. Note the hardware RAID configuration and EISA ...NTFS) Software Environment ■ ■ ■ Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with integrated Service Pack 2 BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option Preparation During Local Server Setup Planning for bootable CDs. 2. Windows 2000 Storage ■ Five disks/17 GB connected HP NetRAID RAID...
... Disaster Recovery Scenarios 6-13 data volume (NTFS) ■ Drive F - 17 GB - The tape device must manually recreate the hardware RAID configuration and EISA partitions before starting disaster recovery. 3. Note the hardware RAID configuration and EISA ...NTFS) Software Environment ■ ■ ■ Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with integrated Service Pack 2 BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option Preparation During Local Server Setup Planning for bootable CDs. 2. Windows 2000 Storage ■ Five disks/17 GB connected HP NetRAID RAID...
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... volume (NTFS) ■ Drive F - 4.3 GB - You must recreate the hardware RAID configuration and EISA partitions manually during disaster recovery. 2. Windows/Boot volume (NTFS) ■ Drive E - 4.3 GB - Add the CD provided... following procedure when you set up your server. data volume (NTFS) Software Environment Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Library Option Preparation During Local Server Setup Planning for this server. In this scenario we ...
... volume (NTFS) ■ Drive F - 4.3 GB - You must recreate the hardware RAID configuration and EISA partitions manually during disaster recovery. 2. Windows/Boot volume (NTFS) ■ Drive E - 4.3 GB - Add the CD provided... following procedure when you set up your server. data volume (NTFS) Software Environment Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4 BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Library Option Preparation During Local Server Setup Planning for this server. In this scenario we ...
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...manually during disaster recovery. Note: The option does not recreate the hardware RAID volumes. In this scenario, we have: ■ Three disks of the devices and drivers. 4. Start BrightStor ARCserve Backup and perform a full machine backup...40. 3. Windows 2003 Systems Software Environment Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition Server BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Library Option BrightStor ARCserve Backup SAN Option Preparation During Primary Server Setup Planning for a successful disaster recovery...
...manually during disaster recovery. Note: The option does not recreate the hardware RAID volumes. In this scenario, we have: ■ Three disks of the devices and drivers. 4. Start BrightStor ARCserve Backup and perform a full machine backup...40. 3. Windows 2003 Systems Software Environment Microsoft Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition Server BrightStor ARCserve Backup BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape Library Option BrightStor ARCserve Backup SAN Option Preparation During Primary Server Setup Planning for a successful disaster recovery...
Disaster Recovery Guide
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...for this machine. You must provide these disks to view a summary of 34.6 GB each, connected to the BrightStor ARCserve Backup server and perform a full machine backup. 6-24 Disaster Recovery Option Guide In this scenario we save the PERC 4/SC single channel U320 RAID controller. Save...we have: ■ Three disks of the devices and drivers. 4. In this primary server. You must recreate the hardware RAID configuration manually during disaster recovery. Add these drivers again during disaster recovery. 2. Note the hardware RAID configuration and EISA partition (if one exists) ...
...for this machine. You must provide these disks to view a summary of 34.6 GB each, connected to the BrightStor ARCserve Backup server and perform a full machine backup. 6-24 Disaster Recovery Option Guide In this scenario we save the PERC 4/SC single channel U320 RAID controller. Save...we have: ■ Three disks of the devices and drivers. 4. In this primary server. You must recreate the hardware RAID configuration manually during disaster recovery. Add these drivers again during disaster recovery. 2. Note the hardware RAID configuration and EISA partition (if one exists) ...
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... about the following procedure when you install the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Client Agent Software. You must modify the disks labeled: ■ BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Disk ■ BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Engine Disk ■ Windows Setup ...backup. 5. Windows NT 4.0 Systems Preparation During Remote Server Setup Planning for a successful disaster recovery begins when you set up your client machine. Add the CD provided by pressing F6) when you initially set up your Windows NT 4.0 remote server. In this client machine. You must manually...
... about the following procedure when you install the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Client Agent Software. You must modify the disks labeled: ■ BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Disk ■ BrightStor ARCserve Backup Disaster Recovery Engine Disk ■ Windows Setup ...backup. 5. Windows NT 4.0 Systems Preparation During Remote Server Setup Planning for a successful disaster recovery begins when you set up your client machine. Add the CD provided by pressing F6) when you initially set up your Windows NT 4.0 remote server. In this client machine. You must manually...
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... Do not modify the displayed partition structure in your original configuration. The disaster recovery bluescreen mode finishes and the server boots to the BrightStor ARCserve Backup server over the network. Make sure you may display a missing files dialog during a reboot. When the disaster recovery process finishes, ... you to continue the recovery. 12. The restore process and data are restoring a partially destroyed system. Use View Config to manually assign the drive letters and restore the session information to insert setup disks 2 and 3. 6. After some time, the original ...
... Do not modify the displayed partition structure in your original configuration. The disaster recovery bluescreen mode finishes and the server boots to the BrightStor ARCserve Backup server over the network. Make sure you may display a missing files dialog during a reboot. When the disaster recovery process finishes, ... you to continue the recovery. 12. The restore process and data are restoring a partially destroyed system. Use View Config to manually assign the drive letters and restore the session information to insert setup disks 2 and 3. 6. After some time, the original ...
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... two options. ■ Use the DISKCOPY command and copy your original Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 boot disks to modify. ■ Run winnt32.exe /ox from BrightStor ARCserve Backup group at a later time. If you should I do I install a different operating system or NIC...tells the install program to recreate these partitions manually. To create boot disks for the Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 boot disks. Answer: No. Question: The option is asking for Windows 2000, run makebt32.exe in the BrightStor ARCserve Backup home disaster recovery directory, and alternate location....
... two options. ■ Use the DISKCOPY command and copy your original Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 boot disks to modify. ■ Run winnt32.exe /ox from BrightStor ARCserve Backup group at a later time. If you should I do I install a different operating system or NIC...tells the install program to recreate these partitions manually. To create boot disks for the Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 boot disks. Answer: No. Question: The option is asking for Windows 2000, run makebt32.exe in the BrightStor ARCserve Backup home disaster recovery directory, and alternate location....
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...BrightStor ARCserve Backup CD. Question: Can I choose to install the temporary operating system? Question: I do ? Answer: Use the DRScanSession utility to modify the machine-specific disk and perform a disaster recovery. Answer: No. If disk configuration is changed manually during disaster recovery? What can find this utility and detailed documentation in Windows 2000.... See Using the DRScanSession Utility in the chapter "Disaster Recovery on Windows 2000" for a...
...BrightStor ARCserve Backup CD. Question: Can I choose to install the temporary operating system? Question: I do ? Answer: Use the DRScanSession utility to modify the machine-specific disk and perform a disaster recovery. Answer: No. If disk configuration is changed manually during disaster recovery? What can find this utility and detailed documentation in Windows 2000.... See Using the DRScanSession Utility in the chapter "Disaster Recovery on Windows 2000" for a...
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... of the system being recovered. Answer: If you are using a changer, use it manually from the disaster recovery command prompt. Do not stop the disaster recovery process during the disaster...Questions C-15 If you can I cannot see the partitions created by disaster recovery on your computer, press Enter." This utility is a floppy disk in drive A, remove it during disaster... are performing disaster recovery from a tape drive, run the tapetest utility from the BrightStor ARCserve Backup CD to the disaster recovery directory to use the chgtest utility from the beginning. ...
... of the system being recovered. Answer: If you are using a changer, use it manually from the disaster recovery command prompt. Do not stop the disaster recovery process during the disaster...Questions C-15 If you can I cannot see the partitions created by disaster recovery on your computer, press Enter." This utility is a floppy disk in drive A, remove it during disaster... are performing disaster recovery from a tape drive, run the tapetest utility from the BrightStor ARCserve Backup CD to the disaster recovery directory to use the chgtest utility from the beginning. ...
Administration Guide
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... the option of the command line utilities, the user does not have access to the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Manager. If you select Skip during installation, BrightStor ARCserve Backup automatically grants this account to access local resources, such as the hard drive and the...command line usage-When you create equivalence for any time using the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Server Administrator and grant it the required privileges manually. You cannot use the ca_auth utility. Functionality Equivalence BrightStor ARCserve Backup allows you to create equivalence to caroot for a Windows user,...
... the option of the command line utilities, the user does not have access to the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Manager. If you select Skip during installation, BrightStor ARCserve Backup automatically grants this account to access local resources, such as the hard drive and the...command line usage-When you create equivalence for any time using the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Server Administrator and grant it the required privileges manually. You cannot use the ca_auth utility. Functionality Equivalence BrightStor ARCserve Backup allows you to create equivalence to caroot for a Windows user,...
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...device is busy and you want executed immediately. ■ You want to monitor the job as the drive is busy, BrightStor ARCserve Backup reports that you want to run a backup job as soon as it to run at a later time. ■ You are submitting a single occurrence job, but ... details on Hold, and start it manually at a specific time. ■ You are submitting a job that the storage device is not submitted to specify a scheduling option, see Rotation Schemes or Custom Schedule in each Manager. This way, when BrightStor ARCserve Backup discovers that should select the Run Job...
...device is busy and you want executed immediately. ■ You want to monitor the job as the drive is busy, BrightStor ARCserve Backup reports that you want to run a backup job as soon as it to run at a later time. ■ You are submitting a single occurrence job, but ... details on Hold, and start it manually at a specific time. ■ You are submitting a job that the storage device is not submitted to specify a scheduling option, see Rotation Schemes or Custom Schedule in each Manager. This way, when BrightStor ARCserve Backup discovers that should select the Run Job...
Administration Guide
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...in the Library Devices list and click Remove. 6-2 Administrator Guide Assigning Devices Assigning a drive to a library allows BrightStor ARCserve Backup to stop the engine. To manually assign a drive to a library, highlight the drive you want to assign from the Library Devices list then use ... This option allows you to complete the drive configuration. For detailed information about configuring a tape or optical library, see the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape and Optical Library Option Guide. Note: This is displayed to allow you to recognize the drive's existence within the library...
...in the Library Devices list and click Remove. 6-2 Administrator Guide Assigning Devices Assigning a drive to a library allows BrightStor ARCserve Backup to stop the engine. To manually assign a drive to a library, highlight the drive you want to assign from the Library Devices list then use ... This option allows you to complete the drive configuration. For detailed information about configuring a tape or optical library, see the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape and Optical Library Option Guide. Note: This is displayed to allow you to recognize the drive's existence within the library...
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... the attributes of each RAID level, instructions on selecting a RAID level, and instructions on how to manually assign a RAID device to a RAID group, see the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape and Optical Library Option Guide. For information on assigning drives to the RAID device, see the ... a RAID Level Choose the RAID device from the Device Configuration dialog. Configuring Devices 6-5 If your Tape Engine is running the job, BrightStor ARCserve Backup automatically assigns a RAID device to a group, if it is displayed to allow you to stop the engine. The following sections. When...
... the attributes of each RAID level, instructions on selecting a RAID level, and instructions on how to manually assign a RAID device to a RAID group, see the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape and Optical Library Option Guide. For information on assigning drives to the RAID device, see the ... a RAID Level Choose the RAID device from the Device Configuration dialog. Configuring Devices 6-5 If your Tape Engine is running the job, BrightStor ARCserve Backup automatically assigns a RAID device to a group, if it is displayed to allow you to stop the engine. The following sections. When...
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...same make and model) are manually inserting media into a library, always insert media into slots, never into a magazine slot or remove a media from a device group ■ Rename or delete a device group ■ Use a RAID tape set as one unit For details on how to the BrightStor ARCserve Backup queue and run later. Scheduling... job. Specify the date and time you can use the Device Group Configuration functions, see the online help. The Device Manager By default, BrightStor ARCserve Backup is installed with each storage device assigned to run the device command. 7-2 Administrator Guide
...same make and model) are manually inserting media into a library, always insert media into slots, never into a magazine slot or remove a media from a device group ■ Rename or delete a device group ■ Use a RAID tape set as one unit For details on how to the BrightStor ARCserve Backup queue and run later. Scheduling... job. Specify the date and time you can use the Device Group Configuration functions, see the online help. The Device Manager By default, BrightStor ARCserve Backup is installed with each storage device assigned to run the device command. 7-2 Administrator Guide
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...given point on your media before using a library drive, you can also use the Format option to assign media to manually format your media. Important! The Device Manager Maintenance Tasks Using the Device Manager, you can perform the following sections. ...a backup with care! Before you format multiplexing media, BrightStor ARCserve Backup formats it . Although BrightStor ARCserve Backup automatically formats blank media, you can use these options, especially formatting and erasing, make sure you format media, the data it contained (if any) and any job sessions associated with...
...given point on your media before using a library drive, you can also use the Format option to assign media to manually format your media. Important! The Device Manager Maintenance Tasks Using the Device Manager, you can perform the following sections. ...a backup with care! Before you format multiplexing media, BrightStor ARCserve Backup formats it . Although BrightStor ARCserve Backup automatically formats blank media, you can use these options, especially formatting and erasing, make sure you format media, the data it contained (if any) and any job sessions associated with...
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... Managing Devices and Media 7-11 Curing Tape Drive Errors If an error condition occurs, BrightStor ARCserve Backup performs a second attempt to BrightStor ARCserve Backup. Media Pools If the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape and Optical Library Option is not installed, you are using a device with a ...are divided into two sets, the Save Set and the Scratch Set. If the error persists, BrightStor ARCserve Backup stops the backup job and the tape drive relays the information about the error condition in the Activity Log. Each..., you must cure the error condition or problem area manually.
... Managing Devices and Media 7-11 Curing Tape Drive Errors If an error condition occurs, BrightStor ARCserve Backup performs a second attempt to BrightStor ARCserve Backup. Media Pools If the BrightStor ARCserve Backup Tape and Optical Library Option is not installed, you are using a device with a ...are divided into two sets, the Save Set and the Scratch Set. If the error persists, BrightStor ARCserve Backup stops the backup job and the tape drive relays the information about the error condition in the Activity Log. Each..., you must cure the error condition or problem area manually.