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Restore System State Data

The recovery process for restoring System State data is similar to the usual recovery process, with one distinction. if System State Protection is enabled, you are prompted at recovery time to select a Recovery Source (see the following procedure).

Arcserve RHA waits for application data recovery to complete first, including synchronization, before recovering the system state. You must select a Replica to act as the restore source machine. During the restore process, a new scenario is created in which the Master and Replica servers reverse roles. The scenario then transfers the System State snapshot to the original Master.

To restore system state data

1. From the Arcserve RHA Manager select a Scenario to restore its System State data.
2. Select the Replica host.
3. From the toolbar, click the Restore Data button.

   The Recovery Source dialog opens if the scenario has System State Protection enabled.

4. Click Restore Application Data and Restore System State, and then click Next.

   Note: If you select Restore System State only, you will not be able to choose an application recovery point. If you disable System State Protection, you will not see the Recovery Source screen.

   The Rewind Point Selection dialog opens.

5. From the Recovery Point Selection dialog, click Select Rewind Point to open the Recovery Point Selection dialog.
6. Set the following criteria:

   Time

   Select any previous backup point from the list.

   Recovery to

   Recovery data to the default location or browse to a specific location.

7. Click Finish.
8. Reboot the Replica now.