Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.3 - Manual (Page 430)

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Chapter 11 Managing K2 software
operating system (Windows 2003 server) which runs on the K2 Media Server. Do not
interchange these recovery CDs. Refer to K2 Release Notes for compatible versions
of the recovery CD.
After your K2 Media Server is installed, configured, and running in your system
environment, you should create new recovery disk images for the machine to capture
settings changed from default. These “first birthday” images are the baseline recovery
image for the machine in its life in your facility. You should likewise create new
recovery disk images after completing any process that changes system software or
data, such as a software upgrade. In this way you retain the ability to restore to a recent
“last known good” state.
For the highest degree of safety, you should create a set of disk image recovery CDs,
in addition to storing disk images on the E: partition. Since system drives are RAID
protected, in most failure cases the disk images on the E: partition will still be
accessible. But in the unlikely even of a catastrophic failure whereby you lose the
entire RAID protected system drive, you can use your disk image recovery CDs to
restore the system.
NOTE: Recovery disk images do not back up the media files themselves. You must
implement other mechanisms, such as a redundant storage system or mirrored
storage systems, to back up media files.