Dell PowerVault DL2000 - Manual (Page 30)

• Reinstallation of the operating system requires you to reinstall all the applications on the appliance.
• A non-recoverable failure of the disk group containing the operating system requires reinstallation of the
operating system and all applications.
• A non-recoverable failure of the disk group containing one or more CommVault Simpana Backup and Recovery
backup sets requires restoration of the backup sets on that disk group from tape or secondary disk.
• For all non-disk related hardware failures, see the Hardware Owner’s Manual for PowerVault DL2 x 00 system
and PowerVault MD1 x 00 storage enclosure at support.dell.com/manuals.
Table 3. System Recovery Map
Potentially Affected System Components
Hardware Software
Failure Type Server
Disk
Group
Storage
Enclosure
Disk
Group
Operating
System
Dell
PowerVault
DL
Appliance
Application
Server
Administrat
or
CommVaul
t Simpana
Backup
and
Recovery
Recovery
Methods
Use the
following
steps to
resolve
these issues.
Server RAID Group Failure
(Internal Disk Failure) X X X X X 1, 2, 3
Storage Enclosure RAID
Groups (External Disk
Failure) X 1
Operating System X X X X 2, 3
Dell PowerVault DL
Appliance Applications X 3
Server Administrator X 4
CommVault Simpana
Backup and Recovery
Application X 5
1— Recovering From Disk Failures
2— Reinstalling The Operating System
3— Reinstalling Dell PowerVault DL Backup To Disk Appliance Applications
4— Repairing Server Administrator
5— Reinstalling CommVault Simpana Backup And Recovery During Disaster Recovery
Completing A Full Recovery Of The DL Backup To Disk Appliance
To complete a full recovery of the appliance, you must:
• Recover the operating system. See Using The Dell Unified Server Configurator - Lifecycle Controller Enabled To
Recover The Operating System .
• Update the BIOS, firmware, and drivers. See Updating BIOS Firmware And Driver .
• Recover the DL Backup to Disk Appliance applications. See Using The Dell PowerVault DL Backup To Disk
Appliance Recovery And Update Utility During Disaster Recovery .
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