Restore a Remote Agent on a System without the Disaster Recovery Option

This section describes how to restore a remote agent on a system without the Arcserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option.

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

Verify that there is one full backup of the remote agent machine, and verify that 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 the operating system CD, the device drivers, and the Arcserve Backup installation media are available.

To restore a remote agent on a system without the Disaster Recovery Option

Start the computer you want to recover, using the Windows operating system CD.
Create partitions which 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, etc.
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. This is necessary when the system is going to be connected to the network.
Install the same antivirus software as backup time, and update to the latest patch. This is necessary when the system is going to be connected to the network.
Install Arcserve Backup Client Agent.
Add this machine to the source node list of the Arcserve backup server if it is not on the existing node list.
Select restore by tree in the Arcserve Backup Restore Manager and submit the restore job.