restore the Windows operating system on the C: drive, yet keep the files on the D:
drive intact. You can also restore the D: drive itself, however your backup and
recovery strategy is different for non-redundant and redundant systems, as follows:

• On non-redundant servers the media file system program, metadata, and journal

files are on the D: drive. Also the media database program is on the D: drive.
Therefore if you ever have a D: drive fault and you need to recover the data files
(metadata, journal, and database), you can only restore them to the “snap-shot”
contained in the most recent disk image you created. When you do this you
restore the program files as well.

• For redundant K2 SANs, the media file system program is on the D: drive, but

the metadata and journal files are stored on the shared RAID storage. Also the
media database program is on the D: drive, but the database data files are stored
on the shared RAID storage. Therefore, if you ever have a D: drive fault, you
can restore the media file system and database programs from a recovery disk
image, and then access the data files (metadata, journal, database) from the
shared RAID storage.

• The E: drive is for storing a system image of the other partitions. From the E: drive

you can restore images to the C: and D: drives.

When you receive a K2 Media Server from the factory, the machine has a generic
image on the E: drive. This image is not specific to the individual machine. It is
generic for all machines of that type.

You receive a recovery CD with your K2 Media Server. This recovery CD does not
contain a disk image. Rather, the recovery CD is bootable and contains the Acronis
True Image software necessary to create and restore a disk image. You also receive a
similar recovery CD for K2 Media Clients, but it is specifically for the desktop
Windows operating system (Windows XP), rather than for the server Windows

This manual is related to the following products:

K2 Summit Storage Area Network v.7.2 K2 Storage Area Network v.7.0