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How to perform an Intelligent Disaster Recovery of a remote Windows NT 4.0 server/workstation using the Express Setup option
Details:
1. Insert the bootable diskettes and follow the on-screen instructions.

2. When the Windows NT setup instructions appear, press ENTER and choose Express Setup (Figure 1).

Figure 1
 

Note: In most cases, you should use Express Setup. Use Custom Setup if the SCSI drivers are not present on the boot media or you have RAID hardware that needs to be configured.

3. Windows NT Setup will attempt to scan the system for new hardware. If a new hard drive is detected on the system, select a file system (FAT or NTFS), and then press ENTER (Figures 2 to 4).

Figure 2
 

Figure 3
 

Figure 4
 

4. The Windows NT Setup will copy the necessary files to the hard drive. Verify that no diskettes or CDs are in the drives, and then press ENTER to restart the computer (Figures 5  to 6).

Figure 5
 

Figure 6
 

5. The Intelligent Disaster Recovery Wizard is automatically started. When the wizard appears, insert the diskette which contains the latest disaster recovery (DR) file information into drive A. To use a DR file for automatic recovery, click Next (Figure 7).

Figure 7
 

6. Select the DR file for the protected computer, and then click Next (Figure 8).

Figure 8
 

7. The wizard displays the partition information screen. To make partition changes, click Run Disk Administrator, and then follow the prompts for partitioning the hard drive. Click Next to continue with the recovery process (Figure 9).

Figure 9
 

8. At the Select Restore Method screen, select Use the network to restore from a remote backup server, and then click Next (Figure 10).

Figure 10
 

9. The Install Windows NT Networking screen will be displayed.

Selecting Automatic will use the network adapter drivers in use prior to the disaster.
Selecting Manual will allow Windows NT to install drivers.

10. A prompt to provide OEM driver media may be displayed (Figure 11). Click Next.

Figure 11
 

11. The Windows NT Networking will be installed (Figures 12 to 14). Click Finish when complete.

Figure 12
 

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Figure 14
 

12. A prompt to log in to a VERITAS Backup Exec (tm) server, where the tape device is located, is displayed. Enter the Backup Exec Service account information, and then click Next (Figure 15).

Figure 15
 

13. The Intelligent Disaster Recovery (IDR) displays a list of drive letters to restore. Each drive letter corresponds to a backup set listed in the computer's Disaster Recovery file. Select the drives that are to be automatically restored, and then click I will provide my own restore media (Figure 16).

Figure 16
 

14. After clicking I will provide my own restore media, go to the Backup Exec for Windows NT server, select the backup set to be restored, and then perform a restore operation to the target computer (Figure 17).

Figure 17
 

15. For the automatic restore, IDR runs the job on the Backup Exec for Windows NT server (Figures 18 to 20).

Figure 18
 

Figure 19
 

Figure 20
 

16. Once the recovery process is complete, the Automated Process Complete screen will appear. Click No to complete the Registry update process (Figures 21 and 22).

Figure 21
 

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17. Click Finish to reboot to the original operating system (Figure 23).

Figure 23
 

Products Applied:
 Backup Exec for Windows Servers 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 8.5, 8.6
Last Updated: September 30 2004 05:36 PM GMT
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Subjects:
 Backup Exec for Windows Servers
   Application: How To, Intelligent Disaster Recovery
   Intelligent Disaster Recovery: Configure
   Operating System: How To
   Priority: 07

Languages:
 English (US)

Operating Systems:
Windows NT

4.0 Server, 4.0 Server SP3, 4.0 Server SP4, 4.0 Server SP5, 4.0 Server SP6a, 4.0 Workstation, 4.0 Workstation SP3, 4.0 Workstation SP4, 4.0 Workstation SP5, 4.0 Workstation SP6a