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remaining instructions.

Note: If possible, you can attach any virtual hard disks that survived the

failure event to a new virtual guest. Reusing any undamaged disks
will decrease the time required to restore data because you can use a
difference mirror.

As an alternative to manually creating a new virtual guest, you can let
Storage Mirroring Recover automatically provision (create) the new
virtual guest for you. If you choose this option, you will need to use the
instructions for Storage Mirroring Recover

virtual protection

and

virtual failover

instead of the instructions in this section.

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Reusing virtual guest—If the failure did not damage the virtual guest and
you want to reuse it, start with

1B Reusing your source

and then continue

with the remaining instructions.

1A. Preparing a new source by reinstalling Windows

1. Install or reinstall Windows on your physical or virtual server using unique,

temporary server information. See your Windows documentation for details on
installing the operating system.

2. After the operating system installation is complete,

install Storage Mirroring

Recover

using the activation code from your original target.

3. After Storage Mirroring Recover is installed, continue with

Mirroring and replicating

from the source to the original or new source and failing over

.

1B. Reusing your source

1. Disconnect the original source from the network. For a physical server, you may

want to disconnect the network cable. For a virtual server, remove it from the
network using your virtual console. You must make sure the original source is
completely disconnected before proceeding.

2. After the original source is disconnected from the network, remove the target server

identity from Active Directory. You should remove the target's original identity, not
the identity of the source which the original target hardware now holds.

3. Keeping the original source disconnected from the network, reboot it and login as

the local administrator.