Grass Valley K2 Storage System Instruction Manual v.3.1 - Manual (Page 318)

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Chapter 10 Managing K2 software
specifically for the desktop Windows operating system (Windows XP), rather than for
the server Windows operating system (Windows 2003 server) which runs on the
Level 1 device and the K2 Media Server. Do not interchange these recovery CDs.
After your Level 1 device or 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.