Restore Arcserve Backup Member Servers without the Using the Disaster Recovery Option

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Restore Arcserve Backup Member Servers without the Using the Disaster Recovery Option

This section describes how to restore Arcserve Backup member servers without using the Disaster Recovery Option.

Important! This procedure does not apply to restoring Arcserve Backup primary servers and stand-alone servers.

Prerequisite Tasks:

Before proceeding, ensure that the following prerequisite tasks are complete:

Ensure that there is at least one full backup of the system and the backup media is available.
Record the disk partition/volume configuration, including all volume drive letters and volume mount points, when the system is up and running.
Record the network configuration when the system is up and running.
Ensure that the operating system CD, the device drivers, and the Arcserve Backup installation media are available.

To restore Arcserve Backup member server without using the Disaster Recovery Option

Start the computer you want to recover, using the Windows operating system CD.
Create the partitions that are necessary for installing the operating system. Other disk partitions/volumes can be restored manually after the operating system is installed. For dynamic disk configuration, it must be restored after the operating system is installed.
Install the operating system and verify that the host name is the same as the original system.
Restore the remaining disk/volume configuration, disk partition layout, dynamic disk volumes, and so on.
Note: The volume drive letter should be the same as the original system.
Install the device drivers which are not included on the operating system CD. This includes SCSI/RAID/FC drivers and network adapter drivers.
Configure the network and verify that all configurations are the same as the original system.
Apply the operating system patch.
Note: This step is necessary when the system is going to be connected to the network.
Install the same antivirus software that was running when the last backup completed and update to the latest patch.
Note: This step is necessary when the system is going to be connected to the network.
Install all applications same as original system.
Install Arcserve Backup, agents, and options into the same directories as the original installation.
Open the Restore Manager and click the Options toolbar button.
The Options dialog opens.

Click the Operation tab, select the Restore Registry File and Event Log option and click OK.

The restore options are applied.
From the Restore Manager, specify the Restore by tree restore method and submit the restore job to restore the system.
Restart the system after the restore job is complete.

If the system is not a domain controller, go to Step 17.
When restarting the system press the F8 key to start the Windows Server 2003 Expansion Option Menu.
When prompted, select Directory Service Restore Mode to start the system in the restore mode.
Restore the System State using the following options:
- Specify the System State as the source.
- From the Arcserve server, specify the Global Options for restoring data (see Step 10).
Restore the system.
After the job is complete, restart the system.
Based on one of the following scenarios, confirm that the system has been restored successfully after the system restarts.
- If the operating system detects that the backed up registry information does not reflect the currently-used hard disk device, you may need to change the drive letter assignment. If this occurs, re-assign the proper drive letter.
- If a file is required for the system, in addition to the system drive, you may need to restart the system after the drive letter is re-assigned. If other drives are data only, restarting the system is not necessary. If you are not sure of the types of data that reside on the other drives, you should restart the system after re-assigning the drive letter.