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Recover <win> 2003 from Disaster

You can recover the Windows 2003 server from a disaster using the following procedure

To recover your Windows 2003 system after a disaster

  1. Boot the primary server (HP ProLiant ML330 G3) using the HP SmartStart CD release 6.40.
  2. Follow the HP guidelines to recreate the hardware RAID configuration.
  3. Boot the primary server using the Windows 2003 Server distribution CD and follow the on-screen ASR instructions.
  4. Press F6 to enable the addition of the SCSI or RAID drivers required, using the device driver floppy disks.
  5. Press F2 to begin the Windows ASR process
  6. When prompted to insert the Windows ASR Disk, insert the Arcserve Backup machine-specific recovery disk created for the ML330 G3 server and press Enter.
  7. The option loads a temporary Windows operating system, including the necessary SCSI and RAID drivers you enabled by pressing the F6 key in a previous step. The ASR process may prompt you to insert the disks to install the hardware drivers.

    In this scenario, we insert the disks and load the drivers for the HP Smart Array 642 Controller and the Emulex LP9000 PCI Fibre Channel HBA.

  8. After Windows has loaded the drivers, insert the machine-specific recovery disk again. The option reads the original system disk configuration from the machine-specific recovery disk.
  9. The ASR process evaluates the available disk configuration. If ASR requires you to recreate disk partitions, a recovery process screen appears. Press C to recreate your disk partitions or press F3 to quit. If you are not recreating disk partitions, this screen does not appear.

    The Windows ASR advanced disaster recovery bluescreen mode finishes and the computer reboots.

  10. The Windows Install screen appears. The option performs installation tasks for the ASR process. When these tasks are complete, the Advanced Disaster Recovery Wizard appears. Follow the instructions in the Advanced Disaster Recovery Wizard.

    The Advanced Disaster Recovery Wizard installs the Arcserve Backup files and services and connects to the Arcserve Backup backup server over the network.

  11. When prompted, start the data restore operation.

    At the end of the data restore process, boot back to your original system.