Lenovo ThinkVantage (Rescue and Recovery 4.5) - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Chapter 1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . 1
Predesktop Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Windows environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Rejuvenating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hints and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Installation . . . . . . . . . 3
Installation considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing the Rescue and Recovery program . . . . 3
Installation requirements . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installation components . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installation log files . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Rescue and Recovery installation . . . . . . 6
Rescue and Recovery environmental
variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9
Compatibility with BitLocker . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 3. Configurations . . . . . . 13
XML and ADM file configurations . . . . . . . 13
Recovery methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Single file restore . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
File rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Operating system and applications . . . . . 14
Restore system drive only . . . . . . . . 14
Rejuvenation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Full restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Custom recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Backups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Scheduling backups and associated tasks . . 18
Sysprep Backup/Restore . . . . . . . . . 18
Mapping a network drive for backups . . . . 19
Password Persistence . . . . . . . . . . 21
EFS file limitation . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Battery power settings for backups. . . . . 22
Completing a backup . . . . . . . . . . 22
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) . . . . 22
Rescue and Recovery in the Windows
environment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23
Using the Rescue and Recovery program in
the Windows environment . . . . . . . .
23
Working with the Predesktop Area . . . . . . . 25
Working with WIM files and ImageX . . . . 26
Using RRUTIL.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Customizing the preboot environment. . . . 32
Configuring the Opera browser . . . . . . 36
Changing the video resolution . . . . . . . 41
Startup applications . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Password access . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Log files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Create Rescue Media . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 4. Best practices . . . . . . 45
Scenario 1 - New rollouts . . . . . . . . . . 45
Preparing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . 45
Installing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Enabling the Rescue and Recovery desktop . 47
Scenario 2 - Installing with WIM files and Windows
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
48
Scenario 3 - Standalone install for CD or script
files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Scenario 4 - Working with Active Directory and
ADM files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
49
Corporate Active Directory Rollout . . . . . 49
Scenario 5 - Performing a Bare Metal Restore from
an Admin Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
Scenario 6 - Manually creating the Service Partition
of S drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
50
Appendix A. Administrative tools . . . 53
Command line support . . . . . . . . . . . 53
AWizard.exe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SETPASSWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
RELOADSCHED . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
RRCMD command-line interface . . . . . . 53
CLEANDRV.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
CONVDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
CREATSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
InvAgent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
MapDrv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rescue and Recovery Boot manager control
(BMGR32). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
58
BMGR CLEAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Active Directory Support . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Administrative (ADM) template files . . . . . 62
Group Policy settings . . . . . . . . . . 63
Appendix B. User tasks . . . . . . . . 75
Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Create rescue media . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Rescue and Recovery user interface switching . . 75
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