Lenovo ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery 4.3 (Deployment Guide) - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Overview . . . . . . . . . 1
Predesktop Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Windows environment . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rejuvenating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hints and Tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2. Installation . . . . . . . . . 5
Installation considerations . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installing the Rescue and Recovery program. . . . 6
Installation requirements . . . . . . . . . 6
Installation components. . . . . . . . . . 7
Installation log files . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Rescue and Recovery installation . . . . . . 9
Rescue and Recovery environmental variables . . 13
Compatibility with BitLocker . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 3. Configurations . . . . . . 15
XML and ADM file configurations . . . . . . . 15
Recovery methods . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Single file restore . . . . . . . . . . . 16
File rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Operating system and applications . . . . . 16
Restore system drive only . . . . . . . . 16
Rejuvenation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Full restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Custom recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Scheduling backups and associated tasks . . . 20
Sysprep Backup/Restore . . . . . . . . . 21
Mapping a network drive for backups . . . . 22
Password Persistence . . . . . . . . . . 25
EFS file limitation . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Battery power settings for backups . . . . . 25
Completing a backup . . . . . . . . . . 26
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) . . . . . 26
Rescue and Recovery in the Windows environment 26
Using the Rescue and Recovery program in the
Windows environment
. . . . . . . . . 26
Working with the Predesktop Area . . . . . . 29
Working with WIM files and ImageX . . . . . 30
Using RRUTIL.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Customizing the preboot environment . . . . 36
Configuring the Opera browser. . . . . . . 41
Changing the video resolution . . . . . . . 47
Startup applications . . . . . . . . . . 47
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Password access . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Log files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Create Rescue Media . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 4. Best practices . . . . . . . 51
Scenario 1 - New rollouts . . . . . . . . . . 51
Preparing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . 51
Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Enabling the Rescue and Recovery desktop . . . 53
Scenario 2 - Installing on OEM systems . . . . . 54
Best practices for hard drive setup: Option 1 . . 55
Best practices for hard drive setup: Option 2 . . 55
Scenario 3 - Installing with WIM files and Windows
7 .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Scenario 4 - Standalone install for CD or script files 57
Scenario 5 - Working with Active Directory and
ADM files .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Corporate Active Directory Rollout . . . . . 58
Scenario 6 - Performing a Bare Metal Restore from
an Admin Backup .
. . . . . . . . . . . 58
Scenario 7 - Manually creating the Service Partition
of S drive .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Appendix A. Administrative tools . . . 61
Command line support . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mailman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
AWizard.exe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SETPASSWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
RELOADSCHED . . . . . . . . . . . 61
RRCMD command-line interface . . . . . . 61
CLEANDRV.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CONVDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CREATSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
InvAgent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
MapDrv . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rescue and Recovery Boot manager control
(BMGR32) .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
BMGR CLEAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Active Directory Support . . . . . . . . . . 71
Administrative (ADM) template files . . . . . 71
Group Policy settings . . . . . . . . . . 72
Appendix B. User tasks . . . . . . . 83
Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Create rescue media . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rescue and Recovery user interface switching . . . 84
Appendix C. Notices . . . . . . . . . 85
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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