Review Prerequisites

Before you can restore data to an active server, consider the following points:

• Start recovery only when the full system scenario is stopped or a switchover/failover is triggered.
• Restore data to a similar machine. Install the same version of the operating system and applications as much as possible.
• Build the new Master first and then launch the recovery process.
• For an FSP scenario, do not manually stop the virtual machine that performed a switchover or failover before you start the Master.
• Stop critical services before launching the recovery process, such as Database services and Exchange server services. When the services are running, some applications lock their files and cannot be opened during the recovery process. Start these services again after the recovery.