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Recover Primary Server

You can recover a primary server from a disaster using the following procedure:

To recover your system after a disaster

1. Insert the machine specific recovery disk into the machine.
2. Boot the primary server using the Windows Server 2008 installation media.
3. Insert the Arcserve Backup Disaster Recovery media, when prompted and click Next.

   Note: You must specify the machine specific disk data for restore as multiple machine specific disk data is stored in the disk storage media.

4. On the driver page, load the drivers.
5. Click Next to view the Network configuration screen.

   In Advanced mode, give the network configuration details for the remote Disaster Recovery. Network configuration is also required for the local Disaster Recovery for SAN member server and local Disaster Recovery using remote file system devices.

6. Configure the remote file system devices page. Enter the authentication details, if necessary.

   The session list opens.

7. You can make changes to this list and click Next.

   The Summary page appears listing the sessions that you want to restore. Click Next and follow the instructions.

8. The restore process begins.

   Reboot the machine after the restore process is complete.