HP Data Protector Express Basic-Software - Manual (Page 79)

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) be-
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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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