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Recommended recovery process

The recommended recovery disk image process is summarized in the following steps.

At the K2 Media Server first birthday...

1. Boot from the Recovery CD.
2. Create a set of disk image recovery CDs. These CDs contain the C:, D:, and E: partitions.

3. Create a disk image, writing the disk image to the E: partition. This disk image contains the C: and D:

partitions.

4. Copy the disk image from the E: partition to another location, such as a network drive.

At milestones, such as after software upgrades…

1. Boot from the Recovery CD.

2. Create a disk image, writing the disk image to the E: partition. This disk image contains the C: and D:

partitions.

3. Copy the disk image from the E: partition to another location, such as a network drive.

If you need to restore the K2 Media Server…

1. Boot from the Recovery CD.
2. If the E: partition is accessible, read the image from the E: partition to restore the C: partition, restore the

D: partition, or restore both partitions.

3. If the E: partition is not accessible, do the following:

a. Read the disk image from your set of CDs and restore all three partitions
b. Restart into Windows.
c. Copy your most recent disk image to the E: partition.
d. Boot from the Recovery CD.
e. Read the image from the E: partition to restore the C: partition, restore the D: partition, or restore both

partitions.

Plan a recovery strategy that is appropriate for your facility, then refer to procedures as necessary
to implement your strategy.

Creating a recovery disk image for storing on E:

Do the following at the local K2 Media Server to create a disk image of the C: partition and the D:
partition and store the image file on the E: partition:

1. Make sure that media access is stopped and that the K2 Media Server on which you are working

is out of service.

2. If you have not already done so, connect keyboard, monitor, and mouse to the K2 Media Server.

3. Insert the Recovery CD and restart the machine.

The machine boots from the disc. The Acronis True Image program loads.

4. At the startup screen, select

True Image Server (Full Version)

.

The Acronis True Image program loads.

The Acronis True Image main window appears.

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