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Disaster recovery with libraries, Recover system state (windows only) – HP Data Protector Express Basic-Software User Manual

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12.

Press Esc. A message screen appears.

13.

Press F10. Data Protector Express restarts your computer. After your computer has rebooted, log in.

14.

For Linux users, Disaster Recovery is now complete and they can use Data Protector Express to restore

the data from incremental and differential backup media, if needed.

15.

For Windows users, additional Restore jobs are required to finish the recovery of their system.
a. The system state must be restored to the last backup. See

Recover System State (Windows only)

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b. The Windows Active Directory must be restored. See

Recover Windows Active Directory (Windows only)

below.

c. Any databases, such as Exchange and SQL, must be restored.

Disaster Recovery with Libraries

When using Disaster Recovery with a library, remember the following:

1.

Make sure the most recent full backup media is loaded into slot 1 of the library. Data Protector

Express will only boot from the tape in slot 1. Make sure the media was created using the

Overwrite all media option.

2.

Data Protector Express will restore all media that are contained in the library during the final

recovery process. Therefore, make sure that you only load media in the library that you will need

to restore during recovery.
For example, if you are using the Simple 4-tape schedule, Data Protector Express will have four daily

differential backups, two weekly full backups and two monthly full backups. You should only perform

disaster recovery with the latest full backup. After your system has been recovered, use the standard

Data Protector Express restore procedures to recover any other changes from the differential backups.

3.

Remove all media not associated with the recovery from the library. If the full backup spans more

than one media, put the additional full backup media into additional slots. Data Protector

Express will then restore these media along with the slot 1 media.

NOTE:

Slot 1 must contain the first (or only) bootable media from the most recent full backup. When you use

the Overwrite all media option, Data Protector Express makes each media bootable.

Recover System State (Windows only)

To recover their system to the state of the last backup, all Windows users must create and run

an additional Restore job. (This is not necessary on Linux systems.) On a system with Windows

Active Directory, this additional step should be carried out in Safe Mode, as described in

Recover Windows Active Directory (Windows only)

below.

1.

Once your system has restarted, log in to Data Protector Express.

2.

Create a restore job and give it a meaningful name, such as “System State Restore”.

3.

Select System State from the Selection page.

4.

Run the restore job.

5.

Exit Data Protector Express.

6.

Restart the computer, letting Windows load normally.

Any databases such as SQL and Exchange which were backed up as part of an agent must also be

restored.

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