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Perform Disaster Recovery on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003

You can perform advanced disaster recovery on 64-bit Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 using the Client Agent.

To perform disaster recovery

1. Start the computer that you want to recover, using the Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 64-bit CD.

   A prompt opens.

2. Press any key to boot from the CD.

   A message appears at the bottom of the screen prompting you to press F2 to start Automated System Recovery.

   

3. Press F2.

   The Windows Automated System Recovery GUI opens.

   Important! You must press F2; otherwise, the normal Windows installation procedure starts.

   The system and boot partitions are formatted, and the necessary files are copied to the hard drive.

4. Reboot the machine when the files are copied.

   The device drivers and network protocols are installed. The operating system formats the volumes screen.

   Important! Do not press Enter, Esc, or Alt-F4 and interrupt while the volumes on your Windows XP, or Windows 2003 are formatted; doing so terminates the formatting process, and the data on these volumes will not be restored.

   DRLAUNCH is initiated automatically. It copies the supplied media files and starts the 64-bit Advanced Disaster Recovery Wizard.

   ADR GUI ADRMAIN.exe starts executing, and reads the DR information.

5. Select the Express mode, or the Advanced mode in the Choose Mode dialog that opens.
   • In Express mode you recover the system using the machine default settings stored during backup.
   • In Advanced mode, you give the network configuration details for remote disaster recovery. Network configuration is also required for local disaster recovery for SAN member server and local disaster recovery using remote FSD.

For Express Mode:

1. Select the Express mode, and click Next.

The Enter caroot Password dialog opens.

As the disaster recovery session has to be restored during this period, you will be prompted to provide the caroot password because

• At least one session was encrypted by key or protected by password.
• The password was saved to database in global option during backup.
• The caroot password is not empty.

Note: This password is required to work with saved session password or encryption key to restore encrypted or password protected sessions. Enter the correct caroot password, if necessary, to avoid decryption of each session manually.

1. Enter the password and click OK.
2. Click Start to begin the disaster recovery process.

For Advanced Mode:

1. Select the Advanced mode on the Select Mode dialog, and click Next.

The Enter caroot Password dialog opens.

1. Enter the password, and click OK.

   The Network connections dialog opens followed by the Session dialog.

2. Select the session that you want to restore, and click Next.

You can enter the password for each session depending on the status of each key at the end of each row in the Session Assign dialog. Types of keys include:

• When the session has a key option, it means that the session was encrypted by a key, but the key was not saved in the database. You must provide the encryption key to restore these sessions.
• When the session has a key option with a tick mark, it means that the session was encrypted by a key or protected by a password and the encryption key or the session password was saved in the database. No encryption key or session password is required to restore these sessions.
• When the session has a key option with a question mark, then the session password status is unknown. You can enter the session password, if necessary.

The Summary dialog opens.

1. Verify the Summary list.
2. Click Start to begin the disaster recovery process.

   The data is copied from the specified sessions to the specified partitions. A progress bar shows the progress of the restore process.

   Note: You can run most of the 32-bit Windows programs, such as regedit.exe, from the DOS prompt window. Click Utilities, and select Run to open a Windows command line console window.

The Disaster Recovery process is complete.

Note: You can use the keyboard shortcut Shift+ r on the Disaster Recovery wizard to reboot.

When your computer restarts, it is restored to the state it was in at the time of the last full backup.

Important! If the Arcserve Backup database is installed on this computer and this computer is not the Arcserve Backup primary server, you must run the Arcserve Database Recovery Wizard at this time. For more information about the Arcserve Database Recovery Wizard, see the topic Recover the Arcserve Backup Database Using Arcserve Database Recovery Wizard in the Arcserve Backup Administration Guide.

Note: To run the Install and Reboot options on the Disaster Recovery wizard while using USB backup devices dialogs, use the following keyboard shortcuts:

• Install—Shift + i
• Reboot—Shift + r