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Best Practices - How to Recover a Stand-alone Server from a Disaster Using the Disaster Recovery Option
The following scenario describes how to leverage the Disaster Recovery Option to protect an Arcserve Backup server that is hosting SQL Server databases.
Server Specifications
The Arcserve Backup server is configured as follows:
The Arcserve Stand-alone Server installation option is installed on the server.
The Arcserve database is hosted using Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express Edition.
The stand-alone server is hosting various Microsoft SQL Server databases.
Software Specifications
The following applications are installed on the Arcserve Backup server:
Microsoft Windows Server
Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express Edition as the Arcserve Backup database
Arcserve Backup for Windows
Arcserve Backup Client Agent for Windows
Arcserve Backup Agent for Microsoft SQL Server
Arcserve Backup Disaster Recovery Option
Note: Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express reside on the same node. The Arcserve Backup installation routine installed the Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Express application.
Use the following guidelines to recover an Arcserve Backup server that is hosting SQL Server databases from a disaster:
During the backup operation, ensure that you do not status the SQL Server and SQL Server 2014 Express instances as offline.
Perform a full backup of the machine. The backup should be successful.
Create the Disaster Recovery Boot Kit.
Note: For information about creating a Disaster Recovery Boot Kit, Disaster Recovery Option Guide.
Perform Disaster Recovery restore. The restore should be successful.
During the restore operation, the Disaster Recovery Option recovers the master and model databases in the Arcserve Backup database (Microsoft SQL 2014 Express).
When prompted, restart the Arcserve Backup server.
After you restart the Arcserve Backup server, the disaster recovery process continues recovering the Arcserve Backup database. After the Arcserve Backup database is recovered, you can start Arcserve Backup normally.
Restore the disaster recovery element sessions for the SQL Server database instances.