HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives - Manual (Page 55)

10 Using HP OBDR
Compatibility
HP One-Button Disaster Recovery is a standard feature on all HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives.
However, it can only be used with specific configurations and will only recover the server to which
the tape drive is directly connected.
To check whether your system (hardware, operating system and backup software) is OBDR-compatible,
please refer to our World Wide Web site http://www.hp.com/go/connect .
For more specific information concerning the benefits of OBDR and the latest new features please refer to
our World Wide Web site http://www.hp.com/go/obdr .
If your system does not support HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, you can still use your tape drive
normally to back up and restore data. However, you must remember to create a separate set of
emergency recovery disks for your operating system whenever you change your system configuration.
What does HP OBDR do?
Using just the tape drive and the most recent backup cartridge HP OBDR allows you to recover from
the following types of system disaster:
• Hard disk failures, as long as the replacement hard disk is the same size or larger than the original
and uses the same interface (for example, replace a SCSI hard disk with another SCSI disk)
• Hardware failures where the server is replaced by an identical component
• File corruption because of an operating system error
• File corruption because of an application software error
• Viruses that prevent you from booting your system correctly
• User errors that stop you from booting your system correctly
When you run HP One-Button Disaster Recovery, your tape drive goes through the following sequence:
1. It goes into a special disaster recovery mode that enables it to restore your operating system and
reboot. It acts like a bootable CD-ROM. (Your system’s ability to boot from CD-ROM is normally
enabled by default. If you have changed this setting, you will need to enable it again. Refer to
your system BIOS manual for further details.)
2. It returns to normal tape drive mode and restores the data.
Remote disaster recovery (ProLiant servers only)
The HP Remote Insight Lights-Out Edition (RILOE) on ProLiant servers gives the IT Administrator the ability
to completely recover a failed server at a remote location without physically traveling to where the
server resides. The on-site non-technical person need only insert the bootable cartridge into the tape
drive when asked to do so by the administrator.
Refer to the HP OBDR web site at
http://www.hp.com/go/obdr for more information about using
this feature and compatibility.
Testing for compatibility
We recommend that you perform a full backup and test disaster recovery as soon as possible after
installation—if possible, onto a blank hard disk. If you do not have a blank hard disk and do not
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